flow tests before going to some events. forsome flow tests before going to some events. for some tory mps, that is only a step too far and a slippery slope. they do not think they should be going down that route. they will be approved. what i think will be fascinating is the scale of this rebellion. in the context of the omicron variant, which we know is spreading incredibly rapidly. dire warning of these measures are not taken, and if the booster campaign doesn t go as the government wants. in the face of those warnings, the tory rebellion will still be sizeable. could tell us a lot about boris johnson s authority at the moment. we know a lot of conservative backbenchers feel really glum at the moment. they are angry about how this situation around downing street parties last christmas is being handle. going back to the owen patterson issue in