Wright says Partygate has done ‘real damage’ to government’s authority, in statement deleted then reinstated
Jeremy Wright, a former culture secretary and attorney general, has become the latest Tory MP to call for Boris Johnson to resign, arguing that while he could not be sure the prime minister misled MPs, he was at best “negligent” in how he approached the issue.
In a lengthy statement on his personal website, the Kenilworth and Southam MP said Johnson could have been more careful before he assured the Commons that no lockdown-breaking parties took place inside Downing Street, and corrected the record sooner.
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