Boris Johnson has survived an attempt to remove him as British prime minister by rebel MPs, who argued he was no longer an electoral asset and likely to lead the government to a substantial election defeat in two years’ time
Boris Johnson has survived an attempt to remove him as British Prime Minister by rebel MPs, who argued he was no longer an electoral asset and likely to lead the government to a substantial election defeat in two years’ time.
The vote of confidence in the Conservative leader was triggered after the threshold of 54 MPs – or 15 per cent of the party room lodged letters that they had lost confidence in their leader following a string of scandals, including the so-called “Partygate” affair. The rebels needed 180 votes to remove him from office.Johnson swept to power in July 2019 following the resignation of Theresa May on a platform of delivering Brexit, uniting the country, and defeating Jeremy Corbyn.
“We will cut the costs of government. We will cut the costs of business. And we will cut the costs of families up and down the country,” he wrote.The backbench rebellion had grown in the past 10 days, with a one-page memo widely circulated as to why they believed there was a change needed in the leadership.
“Most Prime Ministers would resign; however it has been suggested that he would consider calling an early General Election as the only way to restore his personal mandate. This would put MPs in marginal seats at risk.”
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