BREAKING: Britain's Prime Minister could be ousted tonight, after Conservatives confirmed they would hold a no-confidence vote in Boris Johnson. Johnson has been struggling to turn a page after months of scandals. FULL DETAILS: 9News
Party official Graham Brady says he has received enough letters from lawmakers demanding a vote on Johnson's leadership to trigger one.
Late last month an investigator's report on what has become known as "partygate" slammed a culture of rule-breaking inside the prime minister's No. 10 Downing St. office.A demonstrator holds a placard depicting Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson after an investigative report blamed Johnson and other senior leaders for allowing government parties that broke the UK's COVID-19 lockdown rules.
The prime minister said he was "humbled" and took "full responsibility", but insisted it was now time to "move on" and focus on Britain's battered economy and the war in Ukraine. Conservative lawmaker Roger Gale, a Johnson critic, said "we have some very good alternatives to the prime minister so we're not short of choice.
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