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Here is a former Remain-supporting Conservative minister saying what others mutter privately about Brexit. 
His lacerating criticism of the government's negotiation and call for another referendum has opened another flank in the Tory party for Theresa May to worry about. 
Tory whips know many (40, 50, more?) Brexiteers are threatening to vote against any deal she gets from the EU in the Commons because they think it ties the UK too closely to the EU. 
But the whips must also worry about Remainer Tories determined to derail the whole thing because of the costs they fear Brexit will inflict on the country. 
With no majority in the Commons, No10's task could have just got harder.
Mr Johnson's resignation also fires up those in all parties who say another referendum is now needed - a suggestion again slapped down by Downing Street. 
But right now, in the middle of this remembrance weekend, Mrs May will be relieved his resignation has not prompted others to follow him out of government. 
There has been no domino effect, yet.
But while Westminster waits for the PM to put her final Brexit blueprint before the Cabinet for approval, these are febrile days.