Vengeful Boris Johnson today stripped the Tory whip from one of his biggest critics after he failed to support the government in a confidence vote.
Moderate Penny Mordaunt backer Tobias Ellwood will now be unable to vote in today’s crucial leadership ballot - where right-wingers are battling to get Liz Truss ahead of Ms Mordaunt.
A Tory source said: “We’re in banana republic territory if they’ve worked out they can stop everyone else voting and just keep the Liz people in”.
