Under-fire Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be hoping the found-day Jubilee Bank Holiday will provide him some respite from the ongoing fall-out of the partygate scandal. Members of his own party - some of who are pushing for his exit - have appeared to have agreed on a truce over the break.
Home Secretary Priti Patel told Tory MPs pushing for the Prime Minister to resign to “forget it”. Ms Patel said writing letters of no-confidence in Mr Johnson was a “sideshow” and the party should be focused on “real challenges that we have to find solutions to”.
Speaking to the Daily Mail, she said: “This isn’t about a parade (of leadership candidates) or a contest of letters. We need to concentrate on doing our jobs. Look at what is going on in the world right now, look at the challenges that we face domestically. We can’t ignore those.
