Iain Duncan Smith warns challengers to ‘temper ambition’ against Boris Johnson
It is now “inevitable” that Conservative MPs will remove Boris Johnson from No 10 over the Partygate scandal, former 1922 Committee vice-chair Sir Charles Walker has said – as a Tory peer warned there was “not a chance in hell” the PM would resign of his own accord.
As veteran backbencher Sir Roger Gale urged his colleagues to “get on with it” in submitting no confidence letters, Mr Johnson announced two new appointments to Downing Street in an attempt to fill the void that had been left by five resignations in the space of 24 hours.
But No 10 insiders warned that the increasingly isolated PM was becoming “unpredictable and erratic”, as his Cabinet appeared to fall into squabbles with reports that multiple ministers had accused Rishi Sunak of being “on manoeuvres” for the leadership – and called on Mr Johnson to sack his chancellor.
Warning against “internecine warfare” in his party, former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith urged cabinet ministers and any “individuals who think they have a right to have a claim” on the title of prime minister to “temper” their ambition.
Dorries in Saudi Arabia to ‘strengthen shared relationship’
Culture secretary Nadine Dorries has landed in Saudi Arabia, she announced on Twitter.
She said: “Delighted to have landed in Saudi Arabia.
“I’m here to discuss how we can use culture, tourism and sports to strengthen our shared relationship.
“Looking forward to an exciting visit”.
Lamiat Sabin6 February 2022 21:00
Anti-animal testing petition with 110k signatures to be debated
An e-petition against animal testing will be heard in Parliament after tens of thousands of people signed it.
It will be debated in Westminster Hall after 110,276 people signed the petition that calls for alternatives to testing on live animals.
It calls on the government to “change the law so laboratory animals are included in the Animal Welfare Act”.
It adds: “Laboratory animals are currently not protected by the Act and are therefore victims of ‘unnecessary suffering’.”
Tim Phillips, vice-president of the National Anti-Vivisection Society, told The Mirror: “Animal researchers are permitted to do things to animals that would otherwise see the person responsible prosecuted for cruelty.”
The Royal Society – which says it is the “world’s oldest independent scientific academy dedicated to promoting scientific excellence” at 361-years-old – backs animal testing with safeguards.
It said that “at present, the use of animals remains the only way for some areas of research to progress.”
Lamiat Sabin6 February 2022 20:30
Boris Johnson ‘evicted from Clowning Street’ by circus troupe
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