Boris Johnson is "on probation" and could still be removed from office if he fails to win back the trust of Tory MPs, a former minister and Tory peer has said.
Lord Ian Duncan, who served in various ministerial posts under Theresa May and Boris Johnson after he entered the House of Lords in 2017, said the PM "has a task to do" after 148 of his MPs voted in favour of his removal in a confidence vote on Monday, admitting the chances of the Prime Minister continuing for a long time were "slim".
Johnson won the vote, which was called after 54 MPs submitted letters of no confidence to the backbench 1922 Committee following the release of the Sue Gray report which detailed a number of gatherings in Downing Street during the pandemic, one of which resulted in a police fine for Johnson, his wife and Chancellor Rishi Sunak.
