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Alister Jack said ‘general elections aren’t for that purpose’ when asked about Nicola Sturgeon’s plans.

Westminster is feverish. I’ve never seen the chamber so full for PMQs and I’ve never seen rumours race through the lobby so fast. Boris Johnson was on bullish, amusing form, but was flattened by Keir Starmer (a rare and telling occurrence) and bloodied by his own side.

EVERY Scottish Tory MP could lose their seat if Boris Johnson were to call a snap Westminster General Election, modelling has suggested.

The Scottish Tory leader said Mr Johnson had lost the support of his colleagues and must step aside.

Speaking at Prime Minister’s Questions, SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford told Boris Johnson ‘it really is over’.

An SNP MP last night claimed the party's focus was an IndyRef2 - but Ian Blackford today backed calls for a snap general election.

Westminster event follows shortlisting of sites for first factory

IAN Blackford has called for a general election to “give Scotland the choice of an independent future”, as he told the embattled Prime Minster…

No  one was prepared for the sheer unbridled drama that unfolded yesterday afternoon in Westminster. Just before it all kicked off, I took a call from a prominent Tory who sounded utterly dejected. But what’s going to happen, I pressed them? Probably nothing they said. Cabinet members are too scared…

As Boris Johnson's premiership hangs by a thread, speculation is mounting that a leadership challenge could be on the cards within days as a flurry of Tory MPs called for him to stand down

The SNP Westminster leader was speaking following a series of resignations from the PM’s Cabinet.