Allies of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson closed ranks on Thursday after a day of high drama prompted second thoughts among some Conservatives about dethroning their embattled leader.
“The prime minister is probably thanking Christian for what he did because it’s made a lot of people think again, think twice,” Tory MP Andrew Percy told BBC radio.“I think people have recognised that actually this constant navel-gazing and internal debating is only to the advantage of our political opponents.”
The right-wing Daily Mail newspaper said that against a backdrop of crisis at home and abroad, it was no time to be changing leaders. While apologising for the parties, he denies misleading the country, and insists that all sides should await the findings of an internal inquiry by senior civil servant Sue Gray.
Johnson tried to regain the political initiative by announcing he was lifting most Covid restrictions in England, with a wave of Omicron infections apparently fading.
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