And the shit-show continues with Boris serially lying to Parliament and his own MPs. Again.

I honestly couldn't be arsed to unpack the latest series of untruths, but it seems that Bojo the clown appointed Pincher as deputy chief whip despite previous allegations of sexual misconduct against him being upheld.

So either:
Johnson lied and is therefore unfit to be PM.
or
Johnson "forgot" that he'd been told about Pincher's record and appointed him anyway and is therefore unfit to be PM.

Cabinet ministers have also either blatantly lied or been "unaware" (presumably some kind of Tory brain-death when being briefed).

The sorry farrago is summarised somewhat here: Chris Pincher: How No 10 changed its story on what Boris Johnson knew (BBC)

Nothing new really - and the results of this YouGov poll is hardly a shocker. (Apparently only 13% of people think he's trustworthy).

Javid's gone.....

Next!

Sunak....

Looks like a domino effect. Given the seniority of people resigning (and why) I can't see Boris lasting more than, well, hours at this point.

Bim Afolami has resigned as vice-chair of the Conservative Party.

Saqib Bhatti, parliamentary private secretary to now former health secretary Sajid Javid, has also resigned.

Jonathan Gullis, PPS to Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis, has also quit.

1922 Committee elections next week and it's likely any new Committee will change the leadership election rules to oust Johnson (assuming he hasn't gone by then anyway).

The array of gargoyles publicly standing by the PM are as predictable as they are vile.

Thommo wrote:

Tortured_Genius wrote:Sunak....

Looks like a domino effect. Given the seniority of people resigning (and why) I can't see Boris lasting more than, well, hours at this point.

He shouldn't, but based on past form he'll be dragged kicking and screaming from the doors of number 10, fingernails clawing the carpet and doorframe on the way out, rather than doing the dignified thing and resigning.

At the time of writing there have been 13 government resignations.

The BBC published a handy list:

Cabinet ministers
Rishi Sunak - chancellor
Sajid Javid - health secretary

Ministers
Will Quince - minister for children and families
Alex Chalk - solicitor general

Ministerial aides
Laura Trott - parliamentary private secretary (PPS) to the Transport secretary
Jonathan Gullis - PPS to the Northern Ireland secretary
Saqib Bhatti - PPS to the Health secretary
Nicola Richards - PPS to the Department for Transport
Virginia Crosbie - PPS at the Welsh office

Others
Bim Afolami - vice-chair of the Conservative Party
Theo Clarke - trade envoy to Kenya
Andrew Murrison - trade envoy to Morocco

Which was immediately:

So the recap we just posted is already out of date.

Another junior minister has just resigned - the third this morning. Robin Walker was minister for school standards.

Looks like you are quite right Thommo - he is way beyond the point when anyone with any integrity would have resigned. Which is why, I suppose, these people are resigning.

Treasury Minister John Glen says he is quitting with "deep regret".

Parliamentary Private Secretary Felicity Buchan, the MP for Kensington, has quit her role.

Robin Walker resigned as schools standards minister, telling the prime minister the "great achievements" of the government had become "overshadowed by mistakes and questions about integrity"

Justice minister Victoria Atkins has resigned, saying "we can and must be better than this".

This is insane.