A small group of conservative mps met here last night with talk of removing borisjohnson from office on the agenda. after a day of intense speculation, there was confidence among some backbenchers that enough were ready to submit a letter of no confidence in the prime minister, triggering a vote on his position. the meetings came after the prime minister again denied that he was warned a drinks party in the downing street garden was against lockdown restrictions in place at the time. on a hospital visit yesterday, borisjohnson again apologised for parties in downing street on the eve of the duke of edinburgh s funeral, saying he deeply and bitterly regretted that it happened. if the best argument that you have got to the accusation that you broke the rules was that, well, nobody had told me that the rules that i had imposed on everyone else were being broken, then i think that reveals you are in a difficult position, and i think the prime minister is in a difficult position because o
two years hands. i would be looking to his and seeing let s at least take a breath, for all the fact that everybody is angry and upset, let s let the dust settle and consider down the line. it is not surprising in many ways but i am not sure it is necessarily sensible. good to talk to you again and thank you for your analysis. it s set to be a busy day for the prime minister as it s widely expected he will announce an easing of england s coronavirus restrictions. the health secretary, sajid javid, has said he s cautiously optimistic the so called plan b measures due to expire next week can be substantially reduced . gareth barlow has more. against the backdrop of allegations of lockdown parties in downing street and rumours of a vote of no confidence, the
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