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Steve Baker, the former Brexit minister, today called for Boris Johnson to quit over the "partygate" scandal as he told the Prime Minister: "The gig is up."

The Tory MP said that if Mr Johnson held "any other office of senior responsibility" or a senior role in the private sector "he would be long gone" after he was fined for breaking his own Covid rules.

Mr Baker said ousting a sitting prime minister is "an extremely grave matter" and "that is why I have been tempted to forgive".

But he told the House of Commons he had now concluded that will not be possible as he added: "I have to say that for not obeying the letter and the spirit, and I think we have heard that the Prime Minister did know what the letter was, the Prime Minister now should be long gone."

Mr Baker made the comments after the Government performed a humiliating U-turn as it dropped its bid to delay a decision on whether to refer Mr Johnson to the Privileges Committee over claims he misled Parliament.

Read more here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/04/21/boris-johnson-partygate-investigation-vote-india-priti-patel/

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