Nicholas Soames.Credit:PA
The move against the Conservative Party grandee marks one of the most bizarre turns in the three-year Brexit crisis that has gripped a country once touted as a confident pillar of Western economic and political stability.
Soames was one of 21 Conservative MPs who rebelled,including Ken Clarke,79,the longest continuously sitting British lawmaker in the House of Commons,and former finance minister Philip Hammond. All are to be expelled.
When Soames was asked if this was the end of the Conservative Party his grandfather would have known,he said:"No. But it's a bad night.
"It is a pity - a great pity - that this has in my view all been planned:this is exactly what they wanted and they will try to have a general election which is what they wanted."
Britain's war-time leader Winston Churchill
Since he took office as prime minister six weeks ago,Johnson has been ruthless:He oversaw one of the biggest purges of cabinet ministers in modern British history and has cut short a session of parliament to increase the likelihood Britain will leave the EU,with or without a deal.
After a defeat at the hands of an alliance of opposition MPs and rebels in his own party,Johnson's enforcers will speak to those who defied his order and expel them,a Downing Street spokesman said.
In total,lawmakers with more 330 years experience in parliament will be expelled from Johnson's party - the same party which lost its working majority on Tuesday.