His working day started with a row among his top ministers around the Cabinet table. And after a febrile day of plotting among mutinous Red Wall MPs, it only got worse for Boris Johnson. The PM is said to have backed controversial plans to scrap the TV licence after Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey complained about the unexpected announcement by Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries that the fee was being frozen. Chancellor Rishi Sunak is also believed to have been irritated that he and others only found out at short notice about Monday's attack on the BBC, launched as part of a plan for new populist policies dubbed Operation Red Meat. But as well as leaving several in the Cabinet put out, the move also failed in its main objective of winning over restive Tory backbenchers. By yesterday, most had returned to Westminster with their ears ringing from complaints levelled at the PM by their angry constituents. And although many Tory MPs owe their positions to the landslide 2019 general election victory, the figure they saw on loop on their TVs and mobile phone screens all afternoon looked under renewed pressure. Interviewed by Sky News about the never-ending stream of allegations of illegal parties and subsequent cover-ups, Mr Johnson appeared emotional. Boris Johnson, pictured, last night faced off a so-called 'Pork Pie Plot' to unseat the Prime Minister by newly-elected and Red Wall Tory MPs Dominic Cummings (left) suggested in a post on his Substack blog on Monday, that worse might still be to come for No10 He addressed the controversy over the May 20, 2020 party, saying: 'If I had my time again, I would not have allowed things to develop in that way. 'Nobody told me that what we were doing was against the rules, that the event in question was something that... was not a work event.' He added: 'Nobody told me this is an event that is against the rules, that is in breach of what we're asking everybody else to do, it should not go ahead.' His comments were contradicted in the latest blog by Dominic Cummings, the PM's former chief adviser, whose priority now appears to be bringing down his former boss. Mr Cummings wrote: 'The events of 20 May alone, never mind the string of other events, mean the PM lied to parliament about parties.' While Mr Johnson repeated his humble and sincere apologies, his defence that 'no one warned him' provoked anger. As his interview at a hospital in Finchley, north London was being broadcast, a group of '2019-ers' were holding an emergency meeting to discuss another No10 leaving do – that of the PM himself. That's gratitude for you! MPs sticking the knife in Dehenna Davison (centre), with Carrie Johnson and RIshi Sunak Dehenna Davison, 28, captured the Red Wall seat of Bishop Auckland at the 2019 election – the first time the Tories had won the constituency in almost a century. Her campaign was helped by a visit from PM's wife Carrie Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak (pictured with her above). She is said to be annoyed with the Prime Minister because two female Red Wall MPs have been promoted ahead of her. She worked for a year as assistant to Commons leader Jacob Rees-Mogg as part of a politics degree at Hull University. A Brexiteer, she now presents a programme with Nigel Farage on GB News. Alicia Kearns, MP for Rutland and Melton Alicia Kearns was elected MP for Rutland and Melton in 2019. The 34-year-old mother of two has spoken out against lockdown restrictions. Gary Sambrook, MP for Birmingham Northfield Gary Sambrook, who won Birmingham Northfield in 2019, has rebelled over Covid passports and says the 'Partygate' probe could lead the PM to 'consider his position'. Christian Wakeford, MP for Bury South Christian Wakeford, 37, missed the 'pork pie' meeting but has said he has no confidence in Boris Johnson. He won his Bury South seat in 2019. Chris Loder, MP for West Dorset Chris Loder, who became MP for West Dorset in 2019, says many of his constituents are critical of Mr Johnson over 'Partygate'. He also rebelled over Covid curbs last month. And the agitating minister... Cabinet minister for Work and Pensions Therese Coffey Cabinet minister Therese Coffey has been accused of agitating against Boris Johnson's leadership. He appointed her Work and Pensions Secretary in 2019 after the resignation of Amber Rudd, a position she retains. Last month she denied breaking restrictions by hosting karaoke parties at her Cabinet office in lockdown. Before becoming MP for Suffolk Coastal she was a finance director. She denies being in any plot. Advertisement As many as 20 recently-elected MPs are believed to have gathered at 1pm in the office of one of their number, Alicia Kearns, which swiftly became known as the 'Pork Pie Putsch' because she represents Melton Mowbray. Whips suspect three other relatively new backbenchers – Dehenna Davison from Bishop Auckland, Gary Sambrook from Birmingham Northfield and Chris Loder from West Dorset – of being among the ringleaders. They are now being called the 'grey wolves' by some allies of the Prime Minister because 'they were not socialised in Parliament during the pandemic', according to Sky News. One Cabinet source was furious at the lack of loyalty, telling The Times: 'They were only elected because of him. Most of them are a load of f****** nobodies. It's nuts.' Downing Street is understood to be particularly annoyed about Miss Davison. Carrie Johnson, along with Dilyn, the PM's dog, and Rishi Sunak had campaigned for her in 2019. While the plotters whispered behind closed doors, another 2019-er admitted having sent in a letter of no-confidence in the PM. Christian Wakeford, the first Tory to represent Bury South in more than 20 years, became the seventh MP known to have written to the chairman of the backbench 1922 Committee. In total 54 such letters must be received before a vote in Mr Johnson's future is held, but Mr Wakeford claimed that several more are waiting to be posted. He told Yahoo News that others 'have written the letters but haven't sent them in yet'. There is talk that a group of MPs could hand them in en masse after Prime Minister's Questions today in a dramatic gesture that could lead to a confidence vote being held within days. Yet others are concerned that if a ballot is held before the full facts of the 'partygate' investigation by Sue Gray are known, those still waiting on her judgment could back Mr Johnson then leave him protected from further challenge for a year. And some believe that even if the PM is exonerated, Mr Cummings will continue to publish damaging allegations. 'It'll be death by a thousand blogs,' said a source. As MPs crowd into the Commons today to witness Mr Johnson's latest ordeal, one of his possible successors will not be there. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss was last night boarding a plane to Australia, which observers may liken to Rishi Sunak's impromptu visit to Devon last week at the height of the Partygate crisis. All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility