Are any Conservative MPs going to defect to the Liberal Democrats?

Politics Explained: Any switches from the Tories will strip Boris Johnson of his slim Commons majority

Boris Johnson’s government stands on a knife-edge. Any defections from his party will strip him of his meagre Commons majority, ahead of an autumn of parliamentary warfare over the prospect of a no-deal Brexit.

If you crunch the numbers, they look grim for the government. Theresa May lost her majority during the disastrous snap election in 2017, forcing her to buy the loyalty of the 10 Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) MPs.

But the defections of three Tory MPs – Heidi Allen, Sarah Wollaston and Anna Soubry – to Change UK in February, then Nick Boles’ resignation over Brexit whittled away that tiny margin.