Mr. Berlusconi said that joining the coalition had been so difficult for him that at one point he considered it grounds for him to resign, but his advisers cautioned against it.
Some say Mr Assad and his closest allies should be referred to the International Criminal Court in The Hague.Visiting dignitaries have sought in vain to persuade Mr Assad to give ground, if not to resign immediately.
In his valedictory speech in the Lords in December 2014, when he became the first peer to resign on grounds of age, he complained characteristically mildly that he had never made it to the front row in the annual cabinet photograph.
Mr. Nukaga, who like others in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party has been tainted by allegations that he accepted money from a cooperative of small- and midsize businesses in exchange for political favors, stood his ground today against mounting pressure to resign.
The real deterioration set in at Christmas 1987, when Willie Whitelaw had to resign on health grounds.
Corbyn, who also called on May to resign, had ample grounds for celebrating.
She insisted Layfield took the decision to resign last week on the grounds that his position at the college had become untenable.
Ken Mackaill, chairman of the West Mercia police federation, who attended the meeting with Mitchell, called on him to resign afterwards on the grounds that he had refused to outline what he had said.
Mr Hoon is preparing either to resign or to stand his ground, depending on which newspaper you believe.
Public outrage forced CEO Martin Winterkorn to resign, and the firm lost ground in all major markets, retreating from leading positions it had patiently built over decades.
