A drip feed of no confidence letters in Boris Johnson has continued as pressure grows following the Sue Gray report into partygate.
There has been a steady trickle of Conservative MPs publicly calling for the PM to go after senior civil servant Ms Gray published her findings into lockdown-breaking parties in Downing Street and Whitehall.
Veteran Tory Sir Bob Neill, chairman of the Commons Justice Committee, added his name to that list on Friday, saying he did not regard the PM’s explanations as “credible” so has submitted a letter of no confidence to Sir Graham Brady.
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Mr Johnson has said he did not regard the gatherings as parties and simply saw them as work events – which he says is backed up by the Met Police only fining him for one event, his birthday party.
The only person who knows how many MPs have submitted a letter is Sir Graham, chair of the 1922 Committee of backbench Tory MPs. It…
