UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson faces two high-stakes encounters in parliament today after his government was rocked by the shock departures of two senior ministers.
Rishi Sunak resigned as finance minister and Sajid Javid as health secretary on Tuesday night. Both said they could no longer tolerate the culture of scandal that has stalked Johnson for months.
They will now sit on the Conservative back benches at the weekly session of Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Common which promises to be even more combustible than usual.
Johnson then faces an hours-long grilling from the chairs of the Commons’ most powerful committees, who include some of his most virulent critics in the Tory ranks.
The exits of Sunak and Javid were announced minutes after the prime minister apologized for appointing a senior Conservative, who quit last week after he was accused of drunkenly groping two men.