Boris Johnson faces a crunch vote of no confidence tonight as mutinous Tories bid to oust him from Downing Street.
Conservative 1922 Committee chairman Sir Graham Brady confirmed that the 54-letter threshold to trigger a leadership challenge had been reached, teeing up a secret ballot latter.
Mr Johnson now faces a desperate fight for his political survival, barely two years after winning an 80-seat landslide in the 2019 general election.