UK Conservative MPs Mangnall, Streeter Submit Letters of No Confidence in Boris Johnson

Mangnall tweeted that he cannot support Johnson at this time, whose "actions and mistruths are overshadowing the extraordinary work of so many excellent ministers and colleagues."

Anthony Mangnall, a British Conservative Party politician, has announced that he submitted a letter of no confidence to Conservative Party leader and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

Sharing his thought on the subject on Twitter, Mangnall wrote that he can no longer support the prime minister, insisting that "standards in public life matter."

"His actions and mistruths are overshadowing the extraordinary work of so many excellent ministers and colleagues," the politician added. "I have submitted a letter of no confidence."

Standards in public life matter.

At this time I can no longer support the PM. His actions and mistruths are overshadowing the extraordinary work of so many excellent ministers and colleagues.

I have submitted a letter of no confidence.

— Anthony Mangnall MP (@AnthonyMangnal1) February 2, 2022

Another Conservative lawmaker, Gary Streeter, has also declared that he submitted a letter of no confidence in Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday.

"I cannot reconcile the pain and sacrifice of the vast majority of the British Public during lockdown with the attitude and activities of those working in Downing Street," he wrote in a post on Facebook. "Accordingly, I have now submitted a letter seeking a motion of no confidence in the Prime Minister."

As Reuters points out, several Conservative Party politicians have submitted letters of no confidence over the parties that were held at Boris Johnson's residence at Downing Street, which are being investigated by police for possibly breaking COVID lockdown rules.

Johnson himself did admit that he attended one such gathering in May 2020, which he thought was a work event. The PM apologised and promised that the report into these parties would be published in full.

However, BoJo refrained from commenting on calls by some lawmakers for him to resign, arguing that it is important to wait for the report on this so called "partygate" and for the conclusion of the police investigation into the matter in question.