Anthony spoke to Chopper's Politics Podcast earlier this week about his decision to submit a letter of no confidence to the 1922 Committee.
Listen to the full interview on Spotify, Apple or wherever you find your podcasts or read about it in The Telegraph (full article copied below).
Anthony Mangnall: I am terrified that I may ruin my political career – but Boris Johnson must go
MP for Totnes, who has submitted no confidence letter, tells Chopper’s Politics podcast the situation ‘can no longer continue’
Boris Johnson needs to "grip" the Downing Street operation and will "quite possibly" face a vote of no confidence, according to one of the latest Conservative MPs to call for him to resign.
Anthony Mangnall, elected as the MP for Totnes in 2019, said the Tories had the right policies but the wrong leader after repeated missteps by Number 10 in recent months.
He said Mr Johnson's defence over the "partygate" row had been "disastrous", adding that it was time for other Conservatives to start consider calling time on the Prime Minister.
In an interview with the Chopper's Politics podcast, which you can listen to using the audio player above, Mr Mangnall said: "I'm a 32-year-old Member of Parliament. I was elected at 30. I did not come into politics to lie to people. I did not come in to be lied to by colleagues. I did not come into politics to lower the standard of debate.
"I came here to help my constituents, the place that I love, the place that I grew up in – and that is what I want to do."
Mr Magnall was one of three Conservative MPs, along with Tobias Ellwood and Gary Streeter, to submit letters of no confidence to Sir Graham Brady, the 1922 committee chairman. If more than 54 Tories put in letters, a vote of confidence in Mr Johnson's leadership will be called.
Mr Mangnall said: "I have no confidence in the Prime Minister because his actions are overshadowing the work of excellent ministers and colleagues, and this can no longer continue. And so I've therefore submitted my letter to the chairman of the 1922 committee."
It was now up to other MPs to make their own decisions on Mr Johnson's future, he said, adding that the number of letters could "quite possibly" breach the number needed to call a vote.
He said: "It's not for me alone – it's for all colleagues to make that decision to decide whether or not he is the fit and proper person to carry on being Prime Minister."
Mr Mangall pointed to four missteps over the past 18 months – "Dominic Cummings, wallpaper, Owen Patterson and now this ['partygate']".
He said: "This is a series of mishandlings which the Government needs to address, and they need to grip it. This is in many respects a question of the Prime Minister's judgment and whether or not he is the right person to continue doing this, and I'm not sure he is.
"It cannot continue. So I want him to take stock of it. I want colleagues to think about what they want to do on this and what we want from our Prime Minister."
Conservatives wanted a leader who could demonstrate that they were "leading by example", he said, adding: "Unfortunately, if we are going to be repeatedly overshadowed by Number 10 and the actions of one man, we have to take a pause and we have to reflect on that and take action."
Mr Mangnall was scathing about Mr Johnson's defence over the allegations about parties in the Sue Gray report on Monday.
He said: "I thought it was a disastrous handling, in which the conduct of the Prime Minister in how he behaved in the chamber was below par and below what we should all expect in a Prime Minister."
He was speaking to The Telegraph before he had told his family or the Government whips' office of his decision. He was due to hold a conference call with his association on Wednesday night.
Mr Mangnall – who has never met Mr Johnson one-to-one since becoming an MP – said he had barely got any sleep ahead of deciding to announce that he was calling for the Prime Minister to quit.
"This is a lonely, isolating place to be when you do something like this, and I'm not expecting sympathy for that at all," he said. "I'm doing it for the country and I'm doing it for my party and conservatism."
He said he was worried that his political career might be over, adding: "I'm terrified and I don't know what this means for me and for my future – but it's not about me. It is about how we govern in this country, how we are viewed by our friends, our enemies, our allies around the world. And it is how we do democracy in this country.
"We are angry in this country, whether it's Brexit, the pandemic or how we conduct ourselves in the political arena. It is creating horrendous division, and we do need to calm it down – and unfortunately do not believe the Prime Minister can do that. So I'm, yes, incredibly emotional about it.
"And let's just remember, the one thing that binds us all together within the Conservative Party is that manifesto that we stood on in 2019. That t still stands, regardless of who is prime minister."