After resigning as British Health Secretary, politician Sajid Javid has indirectly called on his former cabinet mates to overthrow Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
"Doing nothing is an active choice," Javid said in Parliament in London on Wednesday.
"Those of us who are in a position to do so have a responsibility to change something." Something is fundamentally wrong.
"I've come to the conclusion that the problem is at the top and that's not going to change," Javid said, without naming Johnson.
Javid resigned from his post Tuesday night, triggering numerous more Conservative officeholder resignations.
"The team is always as good as its captain," he said now.
For a long time he believed Johnson's assurances that all the rules at Downing Street had been observed.
"There comes a point when enough is enough.
I think that point has now been reached.”
Johnson wants to continue
Earlier, Johnson admitted he had hoisted a fellow party member into an important parliamentary group post despite being aware of allegations of sexual harassment against the man.
However, Johnson announced in Parliament that he would continue his work despite the sharp internal criticism.
Johnson wants to continue his government work despite the recent resignations of several ministers and secretaries of state.
In times of crisis, a government should not resign, he said in the question and answer session in the House of Commons.
"We have a plan and are pushing it forward." His job is to keep going.
Asked by MPs under what circumstances he would step down, the Conservative politician said if he felt the government could not go ahead.
After Finance Minister Rishi Sunak and Health Minister Sajid Javid, Minister John Glen, who is responsible for the financial sector, also recently made his post available.