Tuesday 5 July 2022 07:00 PM Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid resign: Is this the end for Boris Johnson? trends now

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Boris Johnson is teetering on the brink tonight after Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid both dramatically quit his Cabinet in a coordinated attack.

The Chancellor and Health Secretary dropped their bombshells on the PM within minutes of each other, shortly after he issued a grovelling apology over his appointment of shamed MP Chris Pincher.

In his resignation letter, Mr Sunak told the PM that 'we cannot continue like this'.

Acknowledging that he might be waving goodbye to his ministerial career for good, he added: 'The public rightly expect Government to be conducted properly, competently and seriously.'

Meanwhile, Mr Javid publicly questioned Mr Johnson's integrity, competence and ability to act in the national interest. 

The double-pronged assault leaves the PM struggling desperately to cling on - and waiting anxiously to see if any of his other senior ministers will follow suit.

Deputy PM Dominic Raab, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, Home Secretary Priti Patel and Defence Secretary Ben Wallace have declared they will not be resigning.

However, there has been an ominous silence so far from others such as Nadhim Zahawi, Therese Coffey - and notably Michael Gove, who notoriously stabbed Mr Johnson in the back to end his leadership hopes in 2016.