ummmm https://t.co/o2rDFJ2y7f

— Sarah Rosemary (@SarahRosemary3) January 18, 2022

I’ve also been told cabinet ministers have been phoning round MPs to try and gather support for Boris Johnson.
You just wonder where we will be by PMQs tomorrow.

— kathryn samson (@KathrynSamsonC4) January 18, 2022

Number 10 behind this? Hold a faux leadership election (Boris wins) comes back to house as emboldened PM?

— A. (@ESC_Aaron92) January 18, 2022

“There are clearly figures in the 2019 intake who are itching to put letters in.”@GaryGibbonC4 says some new Tory MPs are considering writing letters calling for a vote of no confidence in Boris Johnson.https://t.co/MAitiBczJu

— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) January 18, 2022

The queue of letter-clutching MPs outside Graham Brady's office now constitutes an illegal mass gathering.

— Tom Freeman (@SnoozeInBrief) January 18, 2022

Ha ha. Only surprise is they didn't go for 'whippets-based putsch', or 'flat-cap coup'. https://t.co/Cu7uYqMI4H

— Adam Powley (@adampowley) January 18, 2022

An MP involved in trying to encourage letters to go in tells us
"I think we’ve done it, difficult to tell though. Lots of shift today. The Whips operation completely backfired. Colleagues now have a sense they aren’t alone”- Worth repeating it’s all very febrile and hard to tell

— Laura Kuenssberg (@bbclaurak) January 18, 2022

Boris Johnson says 'nobody told me' No 10 lockdown garden party was against the rules https://t.co/KZEAiA9xlE

— Sky News (@SkyNews) January 18, 2022

Johnson now getting burned by a ship that sank in 1545 https://t.co/M6mDyeQgdZ

— James Felton (@JimMFelton) January 18, 2022

latest polling from @SavantaComRes

over half (56%) say that Britain won’t forgive Johnson even if he resigned, including over two in five 2019 Conservative voters (43%)

— Friend of Deep State 🐋 (@PickardJE) January 18, 2022

The Red Wall plot to remove Boris Johnson – with Tory MPs meeting to discuss submitting letters – is not going down well in Cabinet

'It's pretty sickening. They were only elected because of him. Most of them are a load of fucking nobodies. It's nuts'

— Steven Swinford (@Steven_Swinford) January 18, 2022

Is it only me, or is time really running out on the PM and his excuses? At this stage, how much difference does the Gray report make, esp if Cummings has further revelations, if Gray report does not go far enough? Could an int’l crisis (say in Ukraine) buy him time?

— alexandra hall hall 🇺🇦🌻 (@alexhallhall) January 18, 2022

The is SW1 code for: leadership contest is imminent, sign up early if you want a seat in Cabinet, am on phone to donors & getting office set up, there has to be one non-brexit nutter in last 2 https://t.co/bXlK7RbQZM

— Dominic Cummings (@Dominic2306) January 18, 2022

Is Johnson's best chance an early contest?

54 MPs trigger a ballot and no second challenge for a year if he survives

Veteran MP says Covid = old and new intakes are strangers

Though May won 200-117 Dec 2018 and still out July 2019. Local associations could turn on Johnson too.

— Kevin Maguire (@Kevin_Maguire) January 18, 2022

Anyone who backed this guy as PM should be barred from running to replace him. Newspapers which helped foist him and them on the country should be boycotted in perpetuity. Johnson should lose his pension entitlements. And there should be a general election as soon as he’s out

— ALASTAIR CAMPBELL (@campbellclaret) January 18, 2022

The Conservative Party’s relationship with Johnson on becoming leader in 2019 was primarily a transactional one.

– @BylineTimeshttps://t.co/Zqz5wV5q2I

— Leicester Worker (@LeicesterWorker) January 17, 2022

Our sweary new video has had half a million views in less than 24 hours (combined across Twitter and YouTube)! Looks like a lot of people aren't in the mood to forgive or forget @BorisJohnson @Conservatives pic.twitter.com/uAxdflY8WS

— Cassetteboy (@Cassetteboy) January 18, 2022

U.S. Democrats to start voting rights showdown with no clear path to victory https://t.co/iiePlx25jl pic.twitter.com/qr14YW5T1o

— Reuters (@Reuters) January 18, 2022

Will every single Senator who publicly praised Dr. King yesterday support passage of voting rights legislation today?

— Hakeem Jeffries (@RepJeffries) January 18, 2022

Senate Democrats force debate on voting rights https://t.co/XYFpefqEBv

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 18, 2022

Altho Manchin & Sinema appear to remain opposed to changing the filibuster, don’t divert your attention from the fact that not a single GOP Senator is willing to vote FOR voting rights. Democrats remain united on the importance of protecting our elections.

— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) January 18, 2022

Texas counties rejecting 7x more mail ballot applications than 2020, DeSantis proposing voter fraud police, VA Republicans filing 20 bills to restrict mail voting. This is what GOP states doing while Manchin/Sinema give Mitch McConnell veto power over protecting voting rights

— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) January 18, 2022

.@KevinMKruse: Republicans are finally being honest about their voting rights feelings after years of 'pretend support' https://t.co/nprnXnrwli

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 18, 2022

Yolanda Renee King, granddaughter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., calls out Sens. Manchin and Sinema during remarks on voting rights.

“Our future hinges on your decision and history will remember what choice you make.” https://t.co/GKw628STWw pic.twitter.com/QhYsUHeuiy

— ABC News (@ABC) January 18, 2022

Letter from Lakers legend Jerry West, Alabama coach Nick Saban, former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue, and others to Joe Manchin in support of voting rights legislation: https://t.co/8R1yVZrrAJ pic.twitter.com/PQOYH9YRLh

— Jessy Han (@hjessy_) January 18, 2022

This ad on @Sen_JoeManchin was on the back page of the first section of the Gazette-Mail this morning.
(h/t Bob Baker) pic.twitter.com/3RPP7Phe1h

— Amy Siskind 🏳️‍🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) January 18, 2022

For the don't worry crowd…

Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to establish a special police force to oversee state elections — the first of its kind in the nation https://t.co/wph1ifogC3

— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) January 18, 2022

So much for the silly narrative that Youngkin was some normal R. As @TerryMcAuliffe predicted, he's brought DeSantis anti-mask nuttery to VA. Now at war with several school districts. He's only been in office a few days. Hey, VA this is what you voted for. Best of luck.

— Jennifer "A man is not a plan" Rubin 🇺🇦🇮🇱 (@JRubinBlogger) January 17, 2022

NEW: Trump-DeSantis tensions ratchet up https://t.co/3fP2iStJEZ pic.twitter.com/6i6FiCz3Qw

— The Hill (@thehill) January 18, 2022

Donald Trump is dangerous–Ron DeSantis is worse. My @MSNBC op-ed on how Ron DeSantis is actually more dangerous than Trump https://t.co/ZnV2AnVLtd

— (((DeanObeidallah))) (@DeanObeidallah) January 18, 2022

FLASH: House Jan 6 Committee has subpoenaed Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, Boris Epshteyn, Jenna Ellis

Chairman says they "advanced unsupported theories about election fraud, pushed efforts to overturn the election results, or were in direct contact w/ the former President…" pic.twitter.com/z6a6EymlCz

— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) January 18, 2022

Chairman Thompson: The four individuals we've subpoenaed today advanced unsupported theories about election fraud, pushed efforts to overturn the election results, or were in direct contact with the former President about attempts to stop the counting of electoral votes." https://t.co/evqVEbqCfS

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 18, 2022

Also suspended lawyers in danger of losing their licenses https://t.co/DslF0ZNLID

— Karen Schwartz (@pithywidow) January 18, 2022

NEW: Sources tell me Jan. 6 committee may only subpoena GOP members of Congress if it can overcome one major recurring worry raised in conversations: fear of Republican retaliation in the future. @GuardianUS https://t.co/mUaQr02Bt3

— Hugo Lowell (@hugolowell) January 18, 2022

The violence of January 6th was just a single act in the ongoing assault on our democracy. The GOP is implementing a massive scheme to gain and maintain power without guard rails. https://t.co/MZck646CnM

— Fred Wellman (@FPWellman) January 18, 2022