While the PM has been attending Platinum Jubilee engagements over the weekend, some of his MPs have been plotting to oust him because of 'partygate'.
Others think if a tipping point isn't reached this week, the best opportunity for rebels could come later this month, after the result of two by-elections triggered by Tory MPs standing down from Parliament.If the prime minister was seen to be losing in both the north and the south of England, it would likely lead to more of his MPs concluding he is no longer an election winner who can keep them in power.
That means Tory MPs wouldn't have another opportunity after the by-elections unless they change the rules.As one source close to the PM said this weekend: "His opponents should not underestimate this man's determination to do what he promised to do". He is not, they said, going to give up the keys to Downing Street easily.
"The north of England was voting for Boris… he is conscious of the support he still has and the massive mandate he won." One told the BBC the picture in the constituency was "appalling" with some voters saying they wouldn't back the Conservatives again without a change of leader.
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