‘Double standards!’ Boris Johnson told to resign by former minister, Nick Gibb MP

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Nick Gibb one of the longest serving ministers said that the “medicine might be harsh” but it was necessary to quell the anger felt by many who thought they had been taken for fools by the Prime Minister.  Mr Gibb joins a number of Tory MPs calling for Mr Johnson to resign including David Davies, Sir Roger Gale, Carloline Noakes, Andrew Bridgen and Peter Aldous. 

David Davies told Boris Johnson “in the name of god go” after a tense Prime minister’s Questions on 19 January.

Mr Davies told Mr Johnson that he had spent weeks defending him from “angry constituents” after the revelations about the lockdown breaching social gatherings at Downing Street.

He also blasted Mr Johnson for the press conference he had conducted the previous day stating that it was “not what I expect from a leader”.

It is understood junior colleagues had been pressing Mr Davies to make a statement publicly calling for the Prime Minister to go, saying the situation needed a senior figure to intervene.

Boris Johnson has suffered another blow with another MP calling for his resignation (Image: Getty Images)

Mr Gibb said that the Thatcher government had to make difficult but necessary decisions (Image: Getty Images)

In a scathing Op-Ed, the former minister for School Standards referenced a question by Tory MP Aaron Bell who spoke about his grandmother’s lockdown funeral while Downing Street staff partied.

Mr Bell had asked Mr Johnson “does the Prime Minister think I’m a fool?” 

Writing in The Telegraph Mr Gibb drew parallels between Johnson and Thatcher’s Governments arguing that the latter advocated policies that were in the best interests of the country despite short term suffering. 

This is how the COVID-19 lockdowns were justified despite the considerable economic, educational, and social damage.

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Mr Gibbs said he thought the lockdowns were necessary despite the cost (Image: Getty Images)

However, Mr Gibb argued that his constituents were furious about the “double standards” imposing harsh restrictions on people while those who made the rules broke them.

He said: “My constituents are furious about the double standards – imposing harsh and, to my mind.

“Necessary restrictions as we and the world sought to defend ourselves against this new and deadly virus.

“While at the same time flagrantly disregarding those rules within the fortress of Downing Street.”

Mr Gibb also argued that voters had lost trust with the Prime Minister which is why he has to resign.

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Revelations of lockdown breaking parties have roused public anger (Image: Getty Images)

Boris Johnson appears to have broken his own lockdown rules to attend social gatherings (Image: Getty Images)