Pressure mounted on the prime minister as a seventh Tory MP confirmed he had submitted a letter of no confidence in Mr Johnson, with 20 more reportedly set to follow suit today in a growing mutiny led by the party’s 2019 parliamentary intake.
“No matter what Sue Gray decides, I think the voters have already decided,” said one MP who indicated they would not wait for the findings of the Downing Street party probe.
A group of red wall Tory MPs met in Westminster yesterday to discuss rebelling against No 10 and the whips by submitting no confidence letters, according to reports.
A senior MP dubbed it the “pork pie plot” because it allegedly involved Alicia Kearns, MP for Rutland and Melton, home of the Melton Mowbray delicacy.
Appearing in public for the first time since former aide Dominic Cummings claimed the PM was told the event was not workrelated, Mr Johnson cut a downcast figure yesterday.
He hung his head and sighed heavily as he publically apologised to the Queen for a separate leaving party held in No 10 on the eve of the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral.
Confirming that he will give evidence to the Gray inquiry, Mr Cummings denounced Mr Johnson’s defence as “catastrophic”, telling him via social media: “The more media you do defending yourself the more you destroy your own support and hasten the inevitable.”
Deputy prime minister Dominic Raab confirmed that a minister who “knowingly” misled the House of Commons would normally be expected to resign – a position which Downing Street said was supported by Mr Johnson.
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