Friday, June 24, is the date that could decide lying, clueless partier Boris Johnson’s fate.
Lose red wall Wakefield and blue wall Tiverton and Honiton in the previous day’s scandal-triggered by-elections and he’ll look at his most vulnerable.
One wise, senior Tory MP told me a devastating double defeat would bring a make-or-break moment for the beleaguered Prime Minister and the Conservative Party.