getting through this period in the most unscathed fashion he can. realistically, for a lot of conservative mps who will be feeling very awkward about the fact the prime minister has been fined for breaching covid regulations, what they may feel is that the one thing worse than that would be giving vladimir putin this idea of turmoil in the uk, of changing prime minister at in the uk, of changing prime ministerata in the uk, of changing prime minister at a point when the global situation is so delicate. let s remember, leadership contests, if more than one person wanted to take over, they are protracted events, they are events where politicians who are up sensibly on the same side and in the same parties sling some mud at one another as they fight it out to become number one. they may be plenty of backbenchers who think thatis be plenty of backbenchers who think that is the worst thing possible for the country at the moment and although they are not impressed
including daily testing and limiting contacts with other people. some of the pm s top team including the deputy prime minister dominic raab have rallied around the prime minister. some mps, including the scottish tory leader douglas ross, have called on him to go along with william wragg, caroline nokes and sir roger gale. douglas ross said he would write to the 1922 committee that is a committee of backbench tory mps which organises conservative leadership contests. he said he had written to them to express his lack of confidence in the prime minister. it takes letters from 5a backbench conservative mps to trigger a leadership challenge. senior ministers are urging mps to wait for the outcome of an investigation into alleged parties at number 10 by the senior civil servant sue gray. we ll have developments throughout the morning hear from downing street. we will also feed in your reaction. you can get in touch with me in the usual way on instagram and twitter.
good morning to you. do you know how many others of your colleagues have put in a letter to the particular chairman of the particular committee that organises tory leadership contests? ., ., , ., contests? no, i have absolutely no idea at all- contests? no, i have absolutely no idea at all. the contests? no, i have absolutely no idea at all. the chairman contests? no, i have absolutely no idea at all. the chairman of- contests? no, i have absolutely no idea at all. the chairman of the - idea at all. the chairman of the 1922 committee sir graham brady is as tight as a climb and will not tell anybody, as tight as a climb and will not tellanybody, not as tight as a climb and will not tell anybody, not me, as tight as a climb and will not tellanybody, not me, not as tight as a climb and will not tell anybody, not me, not you how many letters he has received until he receives the necessary 5a, if he does. at that point that triggers a leadership contest but i have no idea at all. i m
it. let s take a look at the latest developments. some of the pm s top team including the deputy prime minister dominic raab have rallied around the prime minister. but some mps including the scottish tory leader douglas ross have called on him to go along with william wragg, caroline nokes and sir roger gale. douglas ross said he would write to the 1922 committee which organises tory leadership contests to register his lack of confidence in the prime minister. it takes letters from 5a backbench conservative mps to trigger a leadership challenge. senior ministers have urged mps to wait for the outcome of an investigation into alleged parties at number 10 by the senior civil servant sue gray. we ll have developments throughout the morning hear from downing street but first here s our political correspondent damian grammaticas. the chill of a westminster morning, and a prime minister in trouble. the question in the cold light of a new day is his apology enough?
he handled the event in the downing street garden saying he understood the public s rage over it. some of the pm s top team, including the deputy prime minister dominic raab have rallied around the prime minister, but some mps, including the scottish tory leader douglas ross, have called on him to go, along with william wragg, caroline nokes and sir roger gale. douglas ross said he would write to the 1922 committee which organises tory leadership contests to register his lack of confidence in the prime minister. it takes letters from 54 conservative mps to trigger a leadership challenge. senior ministers have urged mps to wait for the outcome of that investigation into all alleged parties at number 10 by the senior civil servant sue gray. here s our political correspondent damian grammaticas. the chill of a westminster morning, and a prime minister in trouble. the question in the cold light of a new day is his apology enough? in the commons yesterday, borisjohnson did finally a