BORIS Johnson tonight resigned as an MP, triggering an immediate by-election. The ex-PM said he was “very sad to be leaving Parliament” in a mammoth 1,034-word statement. Here is Mr Joh…
"Sadly, as we saw in July last year, there are currently some Tory MPs who share that view. I am not alone in thinking that there is a witch hunt underway, to take revenge for Brexit and ultimately to reverse the 2016 referendum result.
"Nor do I believe that it is any coincidence that her supposedly impartial chief counsel, Daniel Stilitz KC, turned out to be a strong Labour supporter who repeatedly tweeted personal attacks on me and the government. "Our party needs urgently to recapture its sense of momentum and its belief in what this country can do.
"We need to deliver on the 2019 manifesto, which was endorsed by 14 million people. We should remember that more than 17 million voted for Brexit. "It is in no one’s interest, however, that the process the Committee has launched should continue for a single day further.
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