Boris Johnson's "political death" is near, Conservative backbenchers told Insider on Wednesday morning, as a campaign to oust him as party leader and Prime Minister gained momentum. Johnson is facing a rebellion that cuts across divisions within the Tory party. A group of the 2019 intake — the newest, and in theory most loyal MPs — are among those to have sent in letters of no confidence, some of the MPs said. If 54 of the 360 Tory MPs send no-confidence letters to the 1922 Committee of backbench MPs, it will trigger a formal leadership contest. How many letters are submitted is a closely-guarded secret, leading to ... (full story)