priti patel
Defiant prime minister dismisses direct pleas from senior members of government to stand down, as resignations mount.
Nadine Dorries and Jacob Rees-Mogg are still backing the under-fire prime minister.
The home secretary backed Boris Johnson, saying they were working "night and day" on the big issues.
"What next – King Herod with a Children in Need badge?"
'This is a shambles and it is shameful and the home secretary has no one but herself to blame,' Yvette Cooper said.
One MP blamed "lefty lawyers" after a deportation flight to Rwanda was grounded on Tuesday night.
Last-minute interventions by the European Court of Human Rights led to the cancellation of the flight.
The first flight "offshoring" migrants more than 4,000 miles away is set to go ahead as campaigners lose High Court fight.
Bosses initially suggested the scheme could be up and running last Christmas.
Jacob Rees-Mogg said the prime minister is an "enormous electoral asset".