The prime minister was greeted by the traditional banging of desks as he addressed a private meeting in Westminster, where he warned his MPs against 'getting into some hellish Groundhog Day debate' about the merits of belonging in the European Union's single market.
Ahead of the meeting, Mr Johnson sent MPs a letter in which he said he has"come under a great deal of fire" in recent months over partygate and admitted"some of that criticism has perhaps been fair, some less so".
"We can put an end to the media's favourite obsession. We can get on with the job without the noises off," he wrote after noting the COVID vaccine rollout, low unemployment, helping Ukraine and sending migrants to Rwanda as his successes.It comes after it was confirmed at least 54 MPs - 15% of Tory MPs - had written to the chair of the 1922 Committee of Tory backbenchers, Sir Graham Brady, calling for a vote of no confidence in Mr Johnson.
For the prime minister to be ousted, half of Tory MPs plus one would need to vote against him, which is currently 180 MPs.
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