Boris Johnson faces a backlash from Conservative MPs after allies briefed that the prime minister had won over his party, as splits appear in the One Nation group of Tory centrists about how to proceed.
On Tuesday, the veteran MP Peter Aldous said he had submitted a letter of no confidence and MP Tom Hunt criticised the “cack-handed” backers of the prime minister, though stopped short of saying he should resign. Gary Streeter, the MP for South West Devon, also declined to say he had confidence in the prime minister.
