Boris Johnson made another blunder yesterday when he was spotted wearing his No10 face mask upside-down, showing '01' instead.
The Prime Minister was snapped with the mask-mishap as he left Downing Street ahead of Wednesday's Prime Minister's Questions, which would prove to be one of his more bruising experiences at the dispatch box.
An unaware Mr Johnson waved to the press as he walked to his private car that would take him to the Houses of Parliament, with eagle-eyed photographers capturing the upside-down logo on his No10-branded black mask.
Boris Johnson made another blunder yesterday when he was spotted wearing his No10 face mask upside-down, showing '01' instead (pictured) on his way to Prime Minister's Questions
The pictures came in the middle of a torrid day for the Prime Minister, whose job looked more precarious than at any other point since he took the helm in 2019.
On Wednesday, former Brexit secretary David Davis called for the Prime Minister's resignation, a matter of minutes after a Conservative MP defected to Labour over allegations of rule-breaking parties in Downing Street.
Many MPs are keen to wait for the results of the 'Partygate' probe being carried out by top civil servant Sue Gray - which is not expected until next week - but more are reportedly preparing to call for Johnson's resignation after the report's publication.
In the Commons, Mr Johnson apologised again for the partygate saga which threatens to be the death knell for his time as Prime Minister.
Trying to sweep away the blunders over Partygate, Mr Johnson said: 'This government has got the big things right.'
Former Brexit secretary David Davis called for the Prime Minister's resignation in a Commons intervention on Wednesday before later warning the party faces 'dying a death of 1,000 cuts' if they do not act swiftly to oust him.
Minutes before Prime Minister's Questions, Bury South MP Christian Wakeford dramatically switched sides, refusing to 'defend the indefensible' over alleged breaches of Covid rules.
But Mr Johnson was said to have been handed a fragile reprieve by some colleagues considering forcing a no confidence vote until they hear the result of senior civil servant Sue Gray's inquiry into events in No 10 during restrictions.
He had been holding talks with backbench MPs to shore up support and prevent the 54 letters being sent to Sir Graham Brady, the chair of the 1922 Committee of Conservatives, that are required to trigger a vote of no confidence.
Mr Johnson - seemingly unaware of his mask mishap - waved to the press as he walked to his private car that would take him to the Houses of Parliament, with eagle-eyed photographers capturing the upside-down No10 logo on his mask
With Mr Wakeford facing anger from former colleagues on the Tory benches, some suspected he had temporarily galvanised support for Mr Johnson ahead of Ms Gray's report, which is now expected next week.
No 10 said Mr Johnson will fight any no-confidence vote launched against him and insisted he expects to fight the next general election.
The Prime Minister went into the Commons with his premiership on life support, as a group of Tories who won their seats in the 2019 election landslide appeared to have lost faith in their boss.
The anger from a former minister first elected in 1987 and Mr Wakeford, elected to the so-called Red Wall seat of Bury South two years ago, showed the breadth of the fury in the party.
In an interview with the Daily Telegraph, Mr Davis said: 'The party is going to have to make a decision or we face dying a death of 1,000 cuts.'
The Prime Minister will appear to be 'shifting the blame' if
