It seems inevitable that Boris Johnson will go sooner rather than later, but even loyalists are already vying to take his place
There is a saying among ministers that the safest place to be in a crisis is the dispatch box. Behind it, you are in control of the situation, you can respond to any development on your own terms.
But for Boris Johnson there was little to take comfort from when he faced MPs in the Commons chamber on Wednesday. When asked by the Conservative MP Tim Loughton if there was anything that would convince him to resign, he replied that it was the job of a prime minister who had won a “colossal” mandate to keep going even if times were tough.
Katy Balls is the Spectator’s deputy political editor
