in texas, 19 children and 2 teachers are killed by a gunman the second deadliest mass shooting in american history. president biden has this message. iam sick i am sick and tired of it. we had to act. and don t tell me we can t have an impact on this carnage. and don t tell me we can t have an impact on this carnage. details and pictures emerge of those who died. we ll get the latest from our correspondent on the ground. the issue first came into view at the end of december last year with the end of december last year with the daily mirror carrying a story about a christmas party while restrictions were in place. in the months that followed the story has grown and grown. there is no a parliamentary inquiry and we have had the police investigation which has led to a number of fines and there has been an investigation by there has been an investigation by the civil servant sue gray. and borisjohnson has been asked about these parties in downing street and recent months of
exist about his leadership. we know in the past 2a hours, a group of those mps who were first elected in 2019 met. they were talking about their frustration and anger and anger they were hearing from their constituents. they discussed how many of them might write letters calling for a vote of no confidence in the prime minister and how many might submit them and we understand a handful of them have. but the key question is we don t know how many letters have been submitted over all and it will take 5a conservative mps, and it will take 5a conservative mp5, 50% and it will take 5a conservative mps, 50% of the body, to trigger a vote of no confidence. what is interesting is the afternoon after prime minister s questions we have had some of those 2019 mps, not the ones that have met in the past 2a hours but others coming to us to express their loyalty and confidence in the prime minister. saying things like it was due to borisjohnson s leadership that i think it helped me win my seat at t