Boris Johnson hailed his win as “convincing” and “decisive” on Tuesday morning AEST, despite some of his allies conceding privately his authority had been deeply wounded after surviving the vote by a margin of 63 votes, 211 to 148. UK BorisJohnson
Boris Johnson has remained defiant amid calls for him to step down after surviving an attempt by four-in-ten of his Conservative colleagues to remove him as British prime minister.
Rebel MPs forced a confidence vote after reaching the threshold of 54 needed for a ballot – or 15 per cent of the party room - arguing Johnson was no longer an electoral asset following a string of scandals, including theThe rebels needed 180 votes to remove him from office, but several MPs, including veterans Sir Roger Gale and Julian Sturdy, said after the vote Johnson should now “consider his position” following the closer-than-expected margin.
It is a worse result for the Conservative leader than the previous no-confidence vote in December 2018 for his predecessor, Theresa May, who won by a margin of 200 votes to 117. She resigned just six months later. At a meeting with backbenchers before the vote, Johnson appealed to MPs with promises of tax cuts and a major economic package next week. He warned MPs that there was no one with an “alternative vision” after Jeremy Hunt, a potential leadership rival, said earlier in the day that he would vote to remove the prime minister.
“The damage done to trust in Boris Johnson is such that popular policies are falling flat with the public ,” the memo said. It said he had been dubbed him the “Conservative Corbyn”, a reference to the former Labour leader who had become a drag on the ticket.
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