Boris Johnson remains under intense pressure to resign in the aftermath of Monday’s bruising no confidence vote, triggered after more than 54 of the prime minister’s fellow Conservatives sent letters to Sir Graham Brady’s powerful 1922 Committee of backbenchers protesting his ongoing leadership.
Mr Johnson won the ballot in the House of Commons by 211 votes to 148 but the outcome was perilously close and saw 41 per cent of Tories support his ousting.
