Boris Johnson is back to counting rebels in his Tory party: 5 key dangers for the British PM

LONDON - Boris Johnson says it's time to move on from"partygate" and that he won't"spend a second more talking about that stuff". The drips of Conservative MPs still calling for his resignation from the prime minister's office suggests he may not find it so easy to consign his troubles to the past.

Mr Johnson's chaotic leadership style has effectively left piles of kindling around Westminster and one spark might be enough to send the whole thing up in flames.The Tory reaction to partygate shows there is no collective view on Mr Johnson among the party's 359 MPs. His allies regard the scandal as contrived by the opposition, and talk is of the prime minister getting the"big decisions" correct on the pandemic and Russia's war in Ukraine.

Yet traditional pro-business Tories accused Mr Johnson of abandoning party principles by imposing a windfall tax on oil and gas companies, and jeopardising what they see as the Conservative claim on economic competence. The decision came days after Tory MPs had been ordered to oppose the measure when it was put forward by the opposition Labour Party.

Losing both so soon after a local election drubbing would undermine the view that Mr Johnson is still the party's best bet to fight the next general election, expected in 2024.

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