Tory MPs weigh up faith in Boris Johnson as dark cloud looms over his leadership

Question marks remain over whether the loss will be enough to exhaust MPs’ patience and spark a campaign to oust Mr Johnson

It has been a week peppered with woes for the British Prime Minister. Picture: Kirsty O’Connor/PA)

Conservative MPs will be weighing up their confidence in Boris Johnson over the Christmas break as a dark cloud looms over his premiership.

With the new Omicron variant of coronavirus sweeping across the country, the coming weeks may serve as an opportunity for some to draft letters to the chairman of the 1922 Committee of Tory backbench MPs, signalling their loss of faith in the UK Prime Minister.