As Boris Johnson feels he has been vindicated in his resistance to new Covid restrictions, Downing Street had hoped that his party would give him due credit. However, after a tricky few months, the Prime Minister instead finds himself under fire from his own side on a number of fronts.

Former cabinet minister and long time ally Sir David Frost used an interview in the Mail on Sunday to warn his former boss to be a proper Tory or face the consequences; Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen has called on Johnson to focus on the levelling up agenda; fresh claims from Dominic...