prime minister. there certainly aren t yet 54 people themselves who have sent letters in. someone wrote today that the group boris johnson should really look out for are those middle aged, particularly white men in the tory party who feel their prospects are not that great under this pry minister, he s not promoted them yet, they ve always had a few doubts about his suitability to be prime minister. and that s quite a lot of tory mps, there s a number of those who are not currently on the ministerial payroll and if he loses their confidence, he could loses their confidence, he could lose a confidence vote. loses their confidence, he could lose a confidence vote. let s look to another lose a confidence vote. let s look to another story lose a confidence vote. let s look to another story in lose a confidence vote. let s look to another story in the lose a confidence vote. let s look to another story in the daily - to another story in the daily telegraph, on the front page. bri
tory mps at the moment, especially those wavering. one of the big asks if there is amongst a certain constituency of those mps, and it should be said this is not necessarily a view of the whole party that he should rethink this national insurance hike, which is coming in aprilamid national insurance hike, which is coming in april amid a cost of living crisis amongst rising energy bills and inflation. several say this is just not what a conservative party should be doing in this situation. i think it s fair to say there are others that the nhs backlog, which is the most immediate problem the £12 billion the national insurance tax hike is aimed at targeting, there are other problems that may be potentially more damaging to thejohnson s prospects than the national insurance hike which by the way, in terms of people s pockets, the actual money it will cost people pales in comparison to the huge rises people will see in the cost of living,
worrtto source. running sore. mps might want to restore confidence in johnson, want to restore confidence in johnson, but they might accept that this situation has gone on so long that it s this situation has gone on so long that it s probably inevitable that there that it s probably inevitable that there will have to be a vote of confidence injohnson sooner there will have to be a vote of confidence in johnson sooner or later confidence in johnson sooner or later - confidence in johnson sooner or later - and confidence in johnson sooner or later and better sooner than later, later and better sooner than later, that s always the hive mind of the later, that s always the hive mind of the 360 later, that s always the hive mind of the 360 odd tory mps, it seems to me that of the 360 odd tory mps, it seems to me that the of the 360 odd tory mps, it seems to me that the sue gray report on its own woh t me that the sue gray report on its own won t draw a line un
confidence in borisjohnson if only confidence in borisjohnson if only to confidence in borisjohnson if only to lance the boil, to try and draw only to lance the boil, to try and draw a only to lance the boil, to try and draw a line only to lance the boil, to try and draw a line under it. i suspect downing draw a line under it. i suspect downing street will do its absolute best to downing street will do its absolute best to be muscular and make an apology. best to be muscular and make an apology, and move on and avoid those 54 letters apology, and move on and avoid those 54 letters going in. but increasingly, i think if you are a tory increasingly, i think if you are a tory mp increasingly, i think if you are a tory mp and you ve got this drip of allegations that seem to come out, theres allegations that seem to come out, there s a allegations that seem to come out, there s a sense of the people who are feeding these allegations into the press probably have mo