Boris Johnson: the week the wheels finally came off the bandwagon

Tory MPs have fallen out of love with the former PM, with fewer than 10 out of 350 coming out publicly in support

It's all extremely depressing, all this tearing each other apart," says one Tory MP and former minister whose career thrived under Boris Johnson but who now holds no candle for his former boss.

Most of us just want a period of silence from him so we can get on with saving what we can before the next election. But there's not very much chance of that happening."