Simon Clarke, who served in Liz Truss’ cabinet, sparks renewed Conservative party infighting

Rishi Sunak should resign before he leads the Conservatives to “extinction”, a Tory MP has said in an excoriating attack on the prime minister.

In a dramatic intervention on Tuesday night, Simon Clarke, who was a Cabinet minister in Liz Truss’ short-lived government, urged Sunak to quit and make way for a new Tory leader.

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