Hitchin MP Bim Afolami sensationally quit his prominent party role live on TV on Tuesday evening.

Our town's Parliamentarian heaped more pressure on beleaguered PM Boris Johnson by resigning from his position as Tory party vice chair on Talk TV.

Eton-educated Afolami, who had continually sided with Johnson over the course of his premiership - including the recent leadership vote and in an exclusive interview with Hitchin Nub News last week, puzzlingly reversed his position, to desert the under-fire Conservative leader, saying the 58-year-old no longer has the support of the country.

Speaking to Talk TV, Afolami claimed: "I can't serve under the Prime Minister, " adding, "'[Johnson doesn't have] the support of the party, or indeed the country any more."

Afolami's comments came moments after the PM suffered another destructive blow with the resignations of the chancellor Rishi Sunak and health secretary Sajid Javid.

Afolami joined a chorus of other senior MPs who quit their jobs in the government, calling on the prime minister to step down - something Afolami had steadfastly refused to do - until now.