Shapps was among a delegation of cabinet ministers to meet privately with John on Wednesday afternoon, with Shapps – who has broadly been loyal to Johnson – the first to break cover.
He was spotted entering Number 10 not long after Johnson appeared before parliament’s liaison committee, where he said he would not resign and would not call a snap election.
According to the BBC, Shapps told Johnson he would be unlikely to win another no confidence vote. Of Shapps, BBC political correspondent Nick Eardley said: “He’s understood to have advised Boris Johnson a more dignified exit would involve him setting his own timetable for an early but orderly departure."
