Bishop Auckland MP Dehenna Davison made an appearance on Question Time on Thursday (July 7) night and threw her support behind one candidate to be the next Prime Minister.

Dehenna, who has been a scathing critic of Boris Johnson in recent weeks, appeared on the BBC show on Thursday night just hours after the Prime Minister announced his resignation.

She told host Fiona Bruce and the audience that Johnson’s premiership “started unravelling because of a lack of integrity and because of lies that were coming out of Downing Street”.

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She also backed the current Foreign Secretary Liz Truss to be the next leader.

She told the panel: “It has got to be someone with a proper vision that’s going to carry this country forward, that’s going to make Great Britain a great place that the world really relish and look up to. [Someone] who’s going to have a proper vison, that’s going to inspire this country to want to do better and to move forward.

“For me the person with that vision, with a good economic vision, but also with a track record of delivering in government is Liz Truss, so if she stands she will be getting my support.”

Davison had been rumoured to be a supporter of Truss over the past few months as the Foreign Secretary had allegedly begun work on her leadership campaign.

The Northern Echo: Liz Truss is expected to put herself forward for the leadership. Picture: STEFFAN ROSSEAU/PALiz Truss is expected to put herself forward for the leadership. Picture: STEFFAN ROSSEAU/PA (Image: PA)

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On Tuesday, when the Prime Minister was still clinging on to power, Davison told The Northern Echo: “From submitting my letter to Sir Graham several months ago, to voting against the Prime Minister in the confidence vote several weeks ago, I can safely say I do not have confidence in the Prime Minister.

“The right thing for him to do for the sake of the country is to go now, and stop inflicting additional damage by clinging on.”

“We all deserve better.”

So far only Tom Tugendhat, chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, has thrown his hat in the ring to be leader, saying he was putting together a “broad coalition” offering a “clean start”.

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