'Final nail in the coffin': This town voted Tory for the first time in last election - but now they want Boris gone

Boris Johnson is under increasing pressure to resign as Prime Minister after Sajid Javid and Rishi Sunak quit yesterday. It comes just three years after he won a strong majority in the 2019 general election, gaining seats from historically Labour areas.

One of these areas included Heywood and Middleton, which voted for a Conservative MP, Chris Clarkson, for the first time in its history. However, partygate and the cost of living crisis have led for increasing calls for the PM to resign.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Health Secretary Sajid Javid stepped down yesterday afternoon over the PM's handling of the Chris Pincher scandal. Yesterday, Mr Johnson apologised for appointing the Tamworth MP to the Whips office - which oversees party discipline and MPs' well-being - despite knowing about allegations of improper conduct against Mr Pincher.

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Johnson faced the Labour leader, Sir Keir Starmer, at Prime Minister's Questions today, where Tory colleagues once again called on him to resign. Johnson remained defiant, however, saying: "Frankly the job of a Prime Minister in difficult circumstances when he has been handed a colossal mandate is to keep going and that’s what I’m going to do."

In Heywood, this is the "final nail in the coffin" for some. "People have completely lost faith in him," said John Fisher.

"His time is up. There are things that really need sorting out, like energy prices and fuel, it's a disgrace, let somebody else get on with the job.

"He's been lying not only to his own people but the general public. I think this is the final nail in his coffin.

"He's always going to dig in, he's that