‘Beginning of the end’ for Boris Johnson
The UK PM prevailed in a narrow “technical” sense in his party’s no-confidence vote on Monday, but lost politically in not winning enough to end the leadership questions that have long dogged him.
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MONDAY night witnessed the beginning of the end of Boris Johnson’s UK prime ministership, despite him winning a confidence ballot in his leadership amongst Conservative MPs.
Johnson prevailed in a narrow “technical sense” in getting 211 votes, over the 180 votes threshold needed to win. However, he lost in a wider and more important “political sense” in that he did not win by enough to end the leadership questions that have long dogged him.
A larger than expected 148 MPs (ie 41 per cent of Conservative MPs) voted against him. This is a worse result than Theresa May suffered in her 2018 confidence vote, and she resigned within six months.
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