INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has narrowly survived a vote of confidence by his own conservative party MPs, but the results show he
has suffered a significant rebellion within the ruling party
Johnson needed a simple majority, 180 votes or more, to continue in office.211 Tory MPs voted in favor of the prime minister, compared to a
who view Johnson as liability will seek to severely undermine his leadership by opposing any legislation the government tries to pass in
"convincing" and "decisive" result means the government can "move on".The scale of the win here has given the public an idea about the vast
Premier can now unite the Tories and pass legislation through parliament
There may be a time frame where Johnson stays in Downing Street but lacks any real control or power.The other question now is whether the
cabinet will move against him amid pleas by MPs to end the significant prospect of an ongoing civil war in the party or as one senior Tory
voted against Johnson, but the ballot was conducted in complete secrecy, and party members making their real position known public has
the Tories down to defeat at the next general election like former Tory Premier John Major.The leader of the main opposition Labour party,
Keir Starmer denounced the Conservative MPs who he said: "ignored the British public" by voting in favor of Johnson.Speaking to reporters,
Starmer says "the Conservative Party had a decision to make
Fed up with a prime minister who promises big but never delivers
Fed up with a prime minister who has presided over a culture of lies and lawbreaking at the heart of government
also described the last few months as "a farce" and claims that Labour will "get rid of this tired, out of touch government and get Britain
his leadership and that he should "stand aside".Gale who submitted both a letter of no confidence in Johnson's leadership and voted against
him, says he will continue to voice his view that the PM should go."I don't believe that he should take the party into the next general
election and I think there are other elephant traps down the road - two by-elections coming up, the Privileges Committee report in the
autumn - there are a lot of hurdles ahead and I think a prime minister of honor would look at the figures, accept the fact that he has lost
the support of a significant proportion of his party and consider his position, but I don't think he'll do that."The confidence vote has
Party (SNP) leader Nicola Sturgeon has pointed out that only two of (Scotlands) 59 MPs have confidence in the prime minister, calling
But much more importantly: at a time of huge challenge, it saddles the UK with an utterly lame duck PM
Blackford, says the position of the Scottish Conservative Party leader Douglas Ross, who confirmed he had voted for Johnson to be ousted,
have no authority or credibility if he tries to cling on.""The UK is now stuck in limbo with a lame-duck prime minister who has lost the
confidence of the public - and more than forty percent of his own MPs - and is left limping around on borrowed time while the Tory party
descends into bitter division," Blackford added.Other rebel MPs have also reinterred their calls that Johnson should not lead the party into
the next election.Julian Sturdy, who voted against Johnson, says the prime minister must consider his position despite his majority.The MP
says "the scale of the vote against the prime minister this evening is clear evidence that he no longer enjoys the full-hearted confidence
we face as a nation."Before the vote experts said anything between 100 and 179 votes against Johnson would be regarded as a "wounding
rebellion" for the PM.Critics say Johnson will seek to downplay the result and try to distract the nation with announcements on issues such
supporters believe the attempted coup is the beginning of the end of his three-year premiership.With so many of his party having voted
critical statement of the PM by former foreign minister Jeremy Hunt and a possible contender for the conservative party leadership sums
