Ex-Attorney General and two more London MPs become latest Tories to call for confidence vote in Boris Johnson | Carshalton and Wallington MP Elliot Colburn has joined Kenilworth and Southam MP Jeremy Wright in calling for the Prime Minister to resign
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UPDATE: Andrew Bridgen MP has joined the merry crew, bringing the Jetison Johnson count to [27 – the halfway mark](https://news.sky.com/story/partygate-three-more-tory-mps-urge-boris-johnson-to-quit-how-many-now-want-him-to-resign-12624248)!
> Andrew Bridgen becomes the 27th Tory MP to call for Boris Johnson to resign since he was fined by the Met Police in April. Momentum is building after the publication of the Sue Gray report, with a steady trickle of MPs publicly calling for him to go since then.
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But that’s only two? The headline says three MPs called for confidence vote.
Standard sneakily included
> Nickie Aiken, Conservative MP for the Cities of London and Westminster, [who] suggested the Prime Minister should himself call a confidence vote to deal with the issue
But nonetheless, a call for a confidence vote.
Elliot Colburn is the latest to straightforwardly advocate Borisectomy, but did not release a statement, merely confirming he’d sent a no-confidence letter.
On twitter, reaction to Colburn’s departure has been muted:
• @PaulBmwTech: [So another TRAITOR @ElliotColburn has decided to destroy the conservatives and allow @UKLabour to win the next election](https://nitter.net/PaulBmwTech/status/1531285508353048578#m)
• @ScottM_Leeds: [TRAITOR TRAITOR TRAITOR](https://nitter.net/ScottM_Leeds/status/1531297013832228871#m)
• @JohnTay09512763: [TRAITOR Rot in Hell](https://nitter.net/JohnTay09512763/status/1531292798573547524#m)
• @Rabberoonies: [@ElliotColburn you traitor](https://nitter.net/Rabberoonies/status/1531287683439419392#m)
• @veckansglitter: [Has he actually put in a letter to the 1922 though? I doubt it.](https://nitter.net/veckansglitter/status/1531296397349335041#m)
• @HakunaMatata26C: [@ElliotColburn you were only voted in because of Boris voters. Just another dirty traitor!](https://nitter.net/HakunaMatata26C/status/1531313855674056704#m)
• @PaulaCantwell3: [Well done @ElliotColburn for finally doing the right thing.](https://nitter.net/PaulaCantwell3/status/1531310236132335620#m)
• @carr_steven: [@ElliotColburn I hope that you are deselected at the next election, now you have chosen your path. #Quisling](https://nitter.net/carr_steven/status/1531289488860782593)
• etc. . . .
Eliot Colburn is just manoeuvring to save his job. He took his seat from the Lib Dem incumbent who’d been there for something like 19 years. Elliot took the seat with a very small margin of votes, he’ll be out at the next election.