Boris Johnson and his Chancellor Rishi Sunak both fly out of the country later on Wednesday on trips to India and the U.S. respectively, leaving Conservative MPs behind to face Thursday’s vote on an investigation into whether the prime minister misled parliament on Partygate.

Mr Johnson endured a two-hour grovel-fest in the Commons on Tuesday as he repeatedly offered a “whole-hearted apology” for breaking COVID rules.

Wednesday won’t be much more fun as he meets Keir Starmer again at Prime Minister’s Questions before jetting off to Gujarat.

The Labour leader’s aggressive performance on Tuesday invoking the families of COVID victims won plaudits as one of his strongest Commons showings to date.

But still, as things stand this morning, there remains little sign that Johnson is in any imminent danger of being removed from office, with the PM appearing to retain the confidence of his backbenchers at a party meeting last night.

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