Boris Johnson at a Diagnostic Centre in Taunton, Somerset, today. He said he was focused on Covid — “the No 1 priority of the British people”Tory MPs who want to oust Boris Johnson are considering publishing a secretly recorded conversation with the chief whip and text messages after they accused the government of blackmail and intimidation. Cabinet ministers have condemned the Tory rebels, known as the pork pie plotters, as “attention-seeking schoolchildren” after their attempt to trigger a confidence vote in the prime minister faltered following the defection of a Tory MP to Labour. • Who could replace Boris Johnson? Boris Johnson responds to Tory William Wragg's accusation of blackmailing MPsThe rebels met on Thursday to discuss

Source: The Times January 20, 2022 22:06 UTC