Tory MP Paul Scully says 'what will happen will happen' and appeared to dodge Kate Garraway's question on Friday's Good Morning Britain after Oliver Dowden resigned as the party's chairman.
The 54-year-old politician - who has been serving as an MP for Sutton and Cheam since 2015 - was left squirming in his seat as Kate, 55, asked him if he thinks there'll be another vote of no confidence, following Oliver's resignation.
The politician said the party could no longer have "business as usual" after the it suffered two by-election defeats.
Quizzing Paul Scully, Kate said: "Do you anticipate that he can avoid another vote of no confidence?"
In response, Paul told her: "I'm not fearing anything. I mean, what will happen will happen."
"But the rules are clear at the moment," he continued. "There'll have to be a big change if anything was to happen."
Paul appeared to blame Dowden's resignation as a result of the cost of living crisis.
He added: "The country isn't broken. We have to all work together to make sure that we don't get into a spiral of inflation."
Over on Twitter, fans shared their thoughts following Paul's interview with Kate and Adil Ray.
One person wrote: "If they had a confidence vote in PM today he'd lose without a doubt."
Another penned: "It's a shame the vote in no confidence wasn't after the by elections!"
A third commented: "Paul Scully draws the short straw and is live on ITV *Good Morning Britain* interviewed by @kategarraway @adilray He says it's *all about communication*. (?) Also tries to blame the #CostOfLivingCrisis."
In his resignation letter to the PM, Mr Dowden said: "Yesterday's Parliamentary by-elections are the latest in a run of very poor result for our party."
"Our supporters are distressed and disappointed by recent events, and I share their feelings.
"We cannot carry on with business as usual. Somebody must take responsibility and I have concluded that, in these circumstances, it would not be right for me to remain in office."
The Prime Minister insisted he would keep going and thanked Mr Dowden for his service.
"It's absolutely true we've had some tough by-election results, they've been, I think, a reflection of a lot of things, but we've got to recognise voters are going through a tough time at the moment," he said.
"I think, as a Government, I've got to listen to what people are saying, in particular to the difficulties people are facing over the cost of living, which, I think, for most people is the number one issue.
"We're now facing pressures on the cost of living, we're seeing spikes in fuel prices, energy costs, food costs - that's hitting people.
"We've got to recognise there is more we've got to do and we certainly will, we will keep going, addressing the concerns of people until we get through this patch."
*Good Morning Britain airs weekdays at 6.30am.
