Desperate Boris Johnson has claimed he remains an electoral "asset" for the Tories despite growing calls from his own MPs to quit over lockdown parties.
Conservative MPs are braced for the Prime Minister to get a second fine after police began sending out fixed penalty notices for a BYOB garden gathering.
Mr Johnson has been battling to shore up support among jittery Tory MPs plotting to oust him after the local elections and the publication of the full Sue Gray report.
