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