Sir Graham Brady | 1922 Committee Chair: “That the vote in favour of having confidence in Boris Johnson as leader was 211 votes and the vote against was 148 votes. And therefore I can announce that the parliamentary party does have confidence.”
Jimmie Johnson: BRITISH PRIME MINISTER BORIS JOHNSON SURVIVES.
YOU JUST HEARD THE RESULTS OF YESTERDAY’S NO CONFIDENCE VOTE AMONG HIS OWN CONSERVATIVE PARTY.
HAD THE VOTE GONE THE OTHER WAY — HE COULD’VE BEEN OUSTED FROM POWER.
JOHNSON HAS FACED CRITICISM FOR MONTHS OVER PARTIES HE AND HIS STAFF THREW DURING COVID LOCKDOWN.
ACCORDING TO HIS OPPONENTS — THAT’S NOT THE ONLY REASON HE SHOULD’VE BEEN OUSTED.
Jon Ashworth | Labour Party Shadow Minister: “It’s not just his lying over Partygate, it’s not that vomit and empty bottles were left for the cleaners to clear up or that the security staff were abused. It’s that he’s got no answers to the desperate cost of living crisis impacting the country. People are skim, the prices are going up in the shops, the heating bills are going up.”
Jimmie Johnson: AS YOU CAN TELL FROM THE VOTES, SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF JOHNSON’S OWN PARTY AGREED.
HOWEVER — THE MAJORITY OF CONSERVATIVE M-P’S DECIDED NOW WAS NOT THE TIME FOR A LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE IN THE U-K.
Martin Vickers | Conservative MP: “Well I think we’ve got to accept that what happened in Downing Street was irresponsible and reckless and I in no way defend some of the parties and so on that went on. But the prime minister has paid the price for that, not just by being fined but in the constant attacks and the way he has had to defend his position.”}
Jimmie Johnson: AN INTERESTING NOTE ABOUT THE VOTE.
JOHNSON WON BY A SLIMMER MARGIN THAN HIS PREDECESSOR THERESA MAY DID IN HER OWN NO CONFIDENCE VOTE BACK IN 20-18.
SHE WAS FORCED TO RESIGN SIX MONTHS LATER.
Boris Johnson | British Prime Minister: “I’ve got a far bigger mandate from my own parliamentary colleagues, for instance, than I had in 2019. I’m grateful for the support they’ve given me. And, of course, I understand that what we need to do now is come together as a government, as a party. And that is exactly what we can now do.”