Thursday 7 July 2022 09:42 AM Top Tory urges Carrie Johnson to tell Boris Johnson to resign trends now
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Commons Liaison Committee chairman Sir Bernard Jenkin has called on Boris Johnson's wife Carrie to convince the Prime Minister that he must resign.
The Tory MP said that she should invoke the spirit of Margaret Thatcher's husband Denis, who told his reluctant wife the night before she quit that she had to go.
He said of Mrs Thatcher: 'It was her closest allies – Norman Tebbit, a very close friend Frank Field, and of course her husband Denis who said: 'Come on love, it's over'.'
Mr Johnson, 58, is thought to have been discussing issues at Downing Street with his director of communications Guto Harri, as well as his 34-year-old wife.
Sir Bernard also said the responsibility is now 'for those who are closest around him' to convince Mr Johnson to go, and reflected on the events of November 1990.
He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme this morning: 'It's those people who have got to tell a leader that it's over, because they just go into denial at this point.'
Prime Minister Boris Johnson and wife Carrie at the G7 summit in Germany on June 26
Sir Bernard spoke to the Prime Minister yesterday about his refusal to quit, urging him to go - amid a wave of ministerial resignations over the past few days.
He said this morning: 'There's no question it's over for Boris Johnson as Prime Minster
