Politics latest news: Tory lockdown rebels gear up for almighty fight without Covid compromise today

PM's confusion over coronavirus rules quickens Tory revolt Coronavirus latest news: £569m spent on ventilators but most sit in warehouses Hospitality trade bodies demand 10pm curfew be reviewed every three weeks Priti Patel 'asked Home Office to explore sending asylum seekers to island in the south Atlantic' PM announces 'radical shakeup' of adult education as Covid-19 forces career changes Subscribe to The Telegraph Conservative rebels are gearing up for an almighty fight for "parliamentary democracy and the rule of law", today with Steve Baker issuing a stark warning to Boris Johnson this morning. Backbenchers held an "extremely sombre" meeting yesterday with "a fierce resolve which I have rarely seen," the former Brexit minister told BBC Radio 4's Today programme. Despite constructive meetings with ministers, he said no compromise had yet been reached that would satisfy the broad coalition of MPs that stretches from right-wing libertarians to Corbynites. It is thought around 80 MPs back Sir Graham Brady's amendment, although there is still no guarantee it will be selected by Sir Lindsay Hoyle, the Speaker. Either way, Mr Baker said disgruntled backbenchers would not be silenced without a concession from Government. "I don't want to be in the business of forcing the Government but what I would say is this is a fork in the road," he explained. "Either later today we will face a reasonable offer which we can accept, back down - and gladly - or we will end up that these members of parliament are not going to go away and we will keep battling on, as I say, with a fierce resolve to preserve the institutions of which we are proud of and which we wish to defend in the public interest." Yesterday, fellow Tory rebel Sir Desmond Swayne warned that without a compromise "many people will vote against a renewal of an act". Read the latest updates below

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