If Boris Johnson is ousted from Downing Street by rebellious Conservative MPs, any new Prime Minister should be prepared to call a General Election.
Commons Leader Jacob Rees-Mogg was speaking to BBC Newsnight on Tuesday on a day that saw the Met Police announce an investigation into events held at Downing Street during lockdown.
In what could be seen as a warning to mutinous Tory MPs, Mr Rees-Mogg said: “It is my view that we have moved, for better or worse, to essentially a presidential system and that therefore the mandate is personal rather than entirely party, and that any Prime Minister would be very well advised to seek a fresh mandate.”
