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Post by Admin on Jun 6, 2022 17:43:33 GMT
Watch live: MPs determine Boris Johnson's position as Prime Minister in confidence vote 3,182 watching now Started streaming 40 minutes ago A vote of confidence in Boris Johnson's leadership takes place at 6pm today as the threshold of 54 letters from Tory MPs is exceeded; result from 8.30pm.
'Quiet confidence' among rebels and 'some concern' in Downing Street as voting continues Deputy political editor Sam Coates is in Downing Street and he says there are some worrying signs for Boris Johnson.
"Normally you'd expect rebels to play down how well they think they're going to do, but what's interesting is they're not quite doing that," he says in his latest live update.
"There is some concern on the Downing Street side about how they're going to do and quiet… not quite optimism, because I don’t think the rebels think they're going to win, but there is quiet confidence that they might surprise when it comes to the numbers that we discover at 9pm".
Sam also says he has been hearing that some MPs on the government payroll have confided privately that they will vote against the prime minister.
Theresa May arrives to vote in a ball gown Former Conservative prime minister Theresa May, who herself faced a vote of confidence in her leadership on 12 December 2018, has turned up to vote in the secret ballot wearing a black lace ball gown.
Mrs May needed at least 159 to win a majority in the vote of confidence in her leadership back in 2018.
She won with 200 MPs (63%) saying they had confidence in her and 117 (37%) saying they had no confidence: a majority of 83.
This was enough for Mrs May to continue in the short term as both Conservative Party leader and prime minister.
But just five months later she announced her resignation, following repeated failures to get her Brexit deal through parliament.
Mrs May - now a regular critic of Boris Johnson from the backbenches - is believed to be speaking at a Platinum Jubilee dinner later this evening.
Earlier today, former Labour prime minister Tony Blair's spin doctor Alastair Campbell tweeted: "I hope Theresa May is having a nice day..."
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Post by Admin on Jun 6, 2022 18:49:02 GMT
What does confidence vote mean for Boris Johnson's future? 347 views Jun 7, 2022 “I will lead you to victory again” - that was Boris Johnson's appeal to backbench Tory MPs this afternoon as he gave the speech of his political life, urging them to back him in tonight's confidence vote and warning against what he called a "pointless fratricidal debate". But after months of bitter division and recriminations over partygate, his detractors can barely contain their fury and their numbers have been steadily mounting, while Mr Johnson's supporters are insisting even if he wins by a single vote it will be enough.
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Post by Admin on Jun 6, 2022 18:58:33 GMT
WATCH LIVE: British PM Boris Johnson faces no-confidence vote 7 waiting Scheduled for Jun 7, 2022
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Post by Admin on Jun 6, 2022 19:37:49 GMT
Coming up: Sir Graham Brady announces Boris Johnson confidence vote result 27 waiting Scheduled for Jun 7, 2022
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Post by Admin on Jun 7, 2022 1:39:53 GMT
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has won the backing of a majority of Tory MPs in a confidence vote despite a significant revolt against his leadership.
The PM won 59% of the vote, meaning he is now immune from a Conservative leadership challenge for a year.
In all, 211 Tory MPs voted they had confidence in the PM's leadership while 148 voted against him.
Mr Johnson described his confidence vote win as "decisive".
Striking an upbeat tone, he said it was a "very good", "convincing" result and "an opportunity to put behind us all the stuff that the media goes on about".
The result sees the prime minister remain in office, but critics said the scale of the rebellion against him showed his authority had been weakened, with some calling on him to resign.
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said a "divided" Conservative Party was "propping up" Mr Johnson after he survived the confidence vote.
And Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey said while Mr Johnson had clung on to power, "his reputation is in tatters and his authority is now totally shot".
But Downing Street said the result "renews the PM's mandate" and allows the government to "focus relentlessly on the issues that concern our voters".
Tory MP and Welsh Secretary Simon Hart told the BBC the prime minister "has lots to prove" but insisted the result "was pretty decisive".
Mr Johnson, who became prime minister in 2019, was informed he would face a vote on his leadership on Sunday during the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, after weeks of speculation over his future.
The ballot was triggered by Conservative MPs after at least 15% of them wrote letters of no confidence to Sir Graham Brady, the chairman of the party's backbench 1922 Committee.
Discontent among Tory MPs has grown since a highly critical report into lockdown parties in and near Downing Street during the Covid-19 pandemic was published last month.
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