Bath’s Liberal Democrat MP, Wera Hobhouse has commented on yesterday’s announcement of the PM’s resignation:

“This will be the first time since 1834 that we have had three Prime Ministers in a year. The Conservatives will have given us five in the last six years. This kind of upheaval and turmoil is not normal and we should not accept it as normal.

“A fundamental change is needed and that can only be achieved with a General Election. Conservative Prime Minister after Conservative Prime Minister has held this country back and as a result, ordinary people are suffering.

“It is an insult for the Conservatives to try and impose another unelected leader on a public that is so clearly tired of this carousel of chaos. They need to recognise that their time is up, consider the national interest and not just their own personal selfish ambitions, and call an election.”