Another Sussex MP calls for Boris to quit
Tim Loughton says Prime Minster's position is untenable over Downing Street 'Partygate' episode
Last updated 16th Jan 2022
Former Children's Minister, and Conservative MP for East Worthing & Shoreham, Tim Loughton has joined calls for the Prime Minister to quit.
On Twitter, Mr Loughton says he's 'regretfully come to the conclusion that Boris Johnson’s position is now untenable'.
It's after more details of lockdown parties at Downing Street and the revelation that the Prime Minister urged staff to 'let off steam' on 'wine-time Fridays' during the pandemic.
Sussex MP Tim Loughton says Boris's resignation is the only way to bring this whole unfortunate episode to an end.
Earlier this week Brighton MP Caroline Lucas added her voice to the growing number of calls for Boris Johnson to resign over the lockdown party scandal.
BORIS 'RESISTING' WILL BE MORE 'DAMAGING'
In a longer statement on Facebook Mr Loughton has said:
"Whatever our view on how disproportionate or impractical some of the lockdown measures may have been, it is entirely appropriate that we should all expect everyone to follow the rules equally, not least those responsible for implementing them."
"It has strained belief that when most people were avoiding social events during the height of lockdown, that ill-advised events that we now know took place in or around Downing Street could in any way be construed as falling within the rules. As a result, that has given rise to a very understandable perception that there is one rule for some and another for the rest of us, and at a time when we need and expect the whole country to pull together to see us through the pandemic that threatens to undermine the authority of those making the rules and the rules themselves. That is not acceptable, and I have made it clear all along that if people have broken the law then they need to be held accountable to the law and punished appropriately, wherever it happened and whatever their status."
"However, the longer that he The Prime Minster resists the inevitable the more damage that will be done to his reputation and his legacy and that is why I hope this can be resolved satisfactorily by him in the next few days."