Boris Johnson has been warned the Conservatives will “reap the whirlwind” of the No 10 lockdown parties saga at the ballot box next month as the threat of more police fines hangs over him. Former Tory minister Steve Baker told The Daily Telegraph the partygate scandal could hurt the Tories at the local elections on May 5, with his constituents expressing “fury” at reports of lockdown breaches in Downing Street. It comes after the influential backbencher turned on the Prime Minister in the Commons earlier this week, telling MPs the Conservative Party leader should have realised the “gig’s up” after the Metropolitan Police concluded he had breached his own coronavirus rules.