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Neil Pooran and Tom Eden & Abbie Meehan

Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross forsees vote of no confidence in Prime Minister

Rebel Tory MPs are getting "closer and closer" to the 54 letters needed to trigger a vote of no confidence in the Prime Minister, Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross has said.

He said the situation was a "rollercoaster ride" as some MPs were withdrawing their letters to the backbench 1922 Committee in response to party whips.

Mr Ross spoke to the BBC a week after he called on Boris Johnson to resign amid the Downing Street parties scandal.

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