Monmouthshire appears safe Tory territory, but some residents felt enough was enough with the PM.
"I believe him to be the worst prime minister this country's ever had," said Andy Rainbow as he dusted a vinyl record behind his stall under the arches of the town's Shire Hall.
"He did a lot of good things and a lot of not very good things, so we don't know where we're going now do we?" Barbara said. Before adding that she still prefers Mr Johnson to Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer.It was the most positive comment I heard about the Prime Minister all day. In the same spot, I spoke to councillor Richard John, leader of the Conservative group on Monmouthshire council.Before May's local elections, and a bruising set of results for his party, he had a more prominent role as the council leader.
The local MP and Wales office minister David TC Davies joined calls for Mr Johnson to step down on Thursday morning, hours after the resignation of his boss, Welsh Secretary Simon Hart.Monmouthshire MP David TC Davies turned down the chance to become Welsh secretary shortly before Mr Johnson quit as Tory leader
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