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Tory party tensions escalate amid talk of calls for PM to step down

Tory tensions appear to be escalating after two prominent party members suggested that there were calls within their ranks for Prime Minister David Cameron to step aside.

Tory MP Nadine Dorries told Peston on Sunday Mr Cameron could be "toast within days", depending on the referendum vote and said her "letter is already in", along with 50 other MPs, asking for the Prime Minster to stand aside.

Meanwhile Andrew Bridgen told BBC’s 5 Live he thought "we probably need to go for a general election before Christmas and get a new mandate from the people".

It came as senior Vote Leave campaigners Michael Gove and Boris Johnson also called on David Cameron to accept his failure to limit migration as "corrosive of public trust" on Sunday.

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'Mistake to question PM's integrity', says Out campaigner

Out campaigner Frank Field has questioned the tactics used by fellow Vote Leave advocates. Credit: Anthony Devlin/PA

A leading advocate for Britain leaving the EU has condemned the use of personal attacks on David Cameron by the Brexit camp saying it has been a "mistake" to question the PM's integrity.

Frank Field, a former Labour minister, told BBC Radio Four's Westminster Hour: "The first mistake I think our side has made has been to question the Prime Minister's integrity. I think it's a mistake to put your sticky fingers into people's souls and say they're debasing public life.

"I think it would be very good for our Out campaign to actually concentrate on issues and not on the integrity of the other side."

It came as Cameron came under fire from Conservative colleagues with senior Vote Leave campaigners branding him "corrosive".

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