Boris Johnson has stepped down as a Tory MP after claiming he was “forced out of Parliament” over Partygate.

Boris Johnson and his number one supporter Nadine Dorries resigned at the end of last week. Not the usual “resigned from being a minister but still have my job as a member of parliament” type resignation, Johnson having already been forced to do that some time ago. But rather a full resignation from being a member of Parliament, including an astonishingly self-pitying and paranoid sounding statement by the former.

The next day, another Johnson loyalist, Nigel Adams, also quit, opening up the door to 3 by-elections

It’s sort of odd that having too many illegal parties ended up being the reason that Johnson felt compelled to go. But also I won’t look a gift horse in the mouth.