At least 35 British Cabinet ministers and ministerial aides tendered their resignations on Tuesday and Wednesday as Conservative MPs called on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to go.
The Whitehall exodus was triggered on Tuesday after the prime minister admitted that it was a “mistake” to keep Chris Pincher in government roles despite sexual misconduct allegations against him.
It started with the shock resignation of Health Secretary Sajid Javid and Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak on Tuesday evening and continued to snowball since then.
Conservative Party Vice-Chair Bim Afolami and Solicitor General Alex Chalk also resigned on Tuesday.
By Wednesday afternoon, at least 13 junior ministers, two trade envoys, and 15 parliamentary private secretaries had handed in their resignation letters….