Motherwell and Wishaw MP Marion Fellows has called on Boris Johnson to resign as pressure builds on the Prime Minister over his rule-breaking boozy lockdown parties in Downing Street.
The SNP MP accused the Prime Minister of the ‘ultimate betrayal’ over parties happening in Downing Street while the public made massive sacrifices as they followed the rules put in place.
Polls released last week showed an overwhelming majority in support for his resignation, with nine in ten Scots believing he lied about allegations of parties occurring during lockdown.
A YouGov/Sky News poll found that - excluding ‘don’t knows’ - 67 per cent of people across the UK believe Boris Johnson should resign.
In Scotland, the number of people that think Johnson should resign rises to 79 per cent - with only 21 per cent thinking he should stay on.
Mrs Fellows said: “My constituents here in Motherwell and Wishaw are rightly furious that while they were making sacrifices and following the rules, Boris Johnson and his pals were having parties in Downing Street.
“People have made massive sacrifices to fight the virus, many died or watched loved ones die without being able to be next to them. They won’t forgive or forget.
“There cannot be one rule for the Tories and another for the rest of us. The Prime Minister has demonstrated he is completely unfit for public office.
“Enough of his desperate excuses, how could the man responsible for making the rules not know what was allowed and what wasn’t? He has lost any and all credibility.
“The public now overwhelmingly support his removal from Downing Street.
“No amount of spin will change the fact that Boris Johnson is completely unfit for public office. If he does not have the decency and integrity to resign, then Tory MPs must remove him immediately.”
So far six Conservative MPs have publicly declared no confidence in the PM, but more are thought to have submitted letters to Sir Graham Brady, chairman of the backbench 1922 committee, who organises Tory leadership contests.
There are claims that the threshold of 54 letters needed to trigger a no-confidence vote and leadership election could soon be reached, but no official word has been given.
Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross has also called for Mr Johnson to go.
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