The Richmond MP, Sarah Olney, has called for Boris Johnson to go amid a Cabinet meltdown tonight.

The resignation of the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, and Health Secretary, Sajid Javid, would normally spell the end for a Prime Minister, however others have pledged loyalty to Johnson.

Sarah Olney wrote: "Boris Johnson has got to go. 

"His Government is in chaos and he has failed our country. The public deserves better."

The Lib-Dem leader and Kingston MP, Ed Davey, joined the calls for Johnson's resignation, saying: "A House of Cards built on lies and deceit comes crashing down. Go and go now. You have discredited our great country long enough."

The London mayor, Sadiq Khan, said: "Britain deserves better than Boris Johnson. Londoners know it, the country knows it, and now so does his own Cabinet."

The Lib-Dem deputy leader of Richmond Council, Alexander Ehmann, described the resignations as 'potentially seismic'.

Johnson supporters, including Jacob Rees Mogg, Nadine Dorries, Priti Patel, went public to confirm their support.

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Rees Mogg said Johnson has a mandate from the British people to govern the country, plus a majority in the House of Commons.