Boris Johnson is facing a no confidence vote from Tory MPs over both Partygate and his wider leadership.
Enough Tory MPs have now submitted letters to the chairman of the backbench 1922 Committee Sir Graham Brady meaning that a no confidence vote has been triggered. A no confidence vote in the leader can occur at any time if 15% of the parliamentary party write to the chairman of the Committee. As there are 359 MPs with the Tory whip, 54 of them need to send letters. to begin the process.
Former financial secretary to Treasury and Tory MP Jesse Norman published his letter which contained a scathing attack on Boris Johnson. The parties were not central to his issue, rather he highlighted the policy of deporting people to Rwanda which he called "counter productive and of doubtful legality, and the privation of Channel 4 which he branded "unnecessary and provocative".
