While some members of the cabinet have been conspicuous by their absence when it comes to defending Boris Johnson against spiralling allegations, he is not without a praetorian guard of allies gamely trying to bat for him on the airwaves, social media and elsewhere.
As the Conservative leader faces continuing calls for his resignation from his own benches and the opposition, and is now confronted with a police investigation into alleged lockdown parties at No 10, here are some of those defenders (to varying degrees):
