Boris Johnson

Graham Brady, chairman of the 1922 Committee of backbench lawmakers, said in a statement Monday that the number of Conservative Party parliamentarians calling ...

If Johnson wins the vote comfortably, he could arguably emerge stronger within his party, which has struggled to identify a rival politician to challenge Johnson in recent months. A defeat in the vote on Monday would effectively end the career of one of Britain's highest profile post-war politicians. Johnson's predecessor Theresa May was the last sitting British leader to face a no-confidence vote from their own party. The scandal over parties is not the first to dent Johnson's reputation. When 15% of Conservative lawmakers have submitted letters, a vote of confidence is triggered among all Conservative lawmakers. A narrow win, by contrast, would leave Johnson's reputation diminished even if it does not topple his government. The process is murky -- the letters are kept secret and the chair, currently Brady, doesn't even reveal how many have been handed in. He has also been criticized for his response to a cost-of-living crisis. The party is facing two difficult parliamentary by-elections later this month. Several of Johnson's top ministers have already declared their support for him. The vote Chancellor Rishi Sunak also tweeted that he would back Johnson in the vote and "will continue to back him as we focus on growing the economy, tackling the cost of living and clearing the Covid backlogs."

LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday evening will face a punishing vote of no confidence by his fellow Conservative Party lawmakers ...

Analysts said that Conservative lawmakers were hesitant until recently to give Johnson the shove as he has been a proven vote winner with cross-party appeal. This is starting to pose a serious electoral threat to the Conservative Party.” “I have followed the rules that we have in place. Johnson was booed by some when attended a jubilee service on Friday at St Paul’s Cathedral. To survive, Johnson needs just a simple majority — or 180 votes — of his fellow party members. But he will be wounded.

If he loses the vote, he will be replaced as Conservative leader and Prime Minister of Britain.

“The threshold of 15% has been passed," Brady said. If he wins, he can't face another challenge for a year. “Any single one of those people in my view would make a better prime minister than the one that we’ve got at the moment,” he told the BBC. Party official Graham Brady says he has received enough letters from lawmakers demanding a vote on Johnson’s leadership to trigger one. 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. Gray said the “senior leadership team” must bear responsibility for “failures of leadership and judgement.”

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will face a vote of confidence in his leadership at 6pm UK time (5am Tuesday NZ time).

- in the first round, candidates must attract 5 percent of the votes to stay in the running (18 MPs) Given that there are currently 359 Conservative MPs, this works out as 54 MPs. She announced her resignation six months later.

The U.K. Parliament will hold a vote of no confidence on Prime Minister Boris Johnson Monday evening, a Conservative Party chairman announced Monday morning ...

Johnson has continued to face opposition from politicians and the general public, including being booed by spectators when he arrived Friday at a service for Queen Elizabeth II’s platinum jubilee. The no-confidence vote comes after a tumultuous few months for Johnson, who has been linked to a series of parties that took place as the U.K. was on lockdown and such gatherings were not allowed to be happening, a scandal known as “partygate.” A highly anticipated report from senior civil servant Sue Gray released last month found there had been “failures of leadership” across Johnson’s government that had allowed the parties to take place in spite of the lockdown rules, and criticized the “excessive consumption of alcohol” that was “not appropriate in a professional workplace at any time.” Johnson was fined only $63 (£50) for the parties following a police investigation and apologized for the parties in light of Gray’s report, but the PM refused to resign despite calls for him to do so. In a letter to Conservative MPs obtained by the BBC, Johnson’s team asked lawmakers to “reject chaos and division” by voting for the prime minister, arguing Johnson has an “unmatched electoral record” and will help the party in future elections, and holding an election to replace him would be “extremely harmful to the country and the Conservative Party.” “By backing [Johnson] … we can put the distraction of the past months behind us, unite and focus on getting on with the job,” Johnson’s team wrote. A spokesperson for Johnson said the vote “is a chance to end months of speculation and allow the government to draw a line and move on.” Conservative MPs will vote Monday via secret ballot on whether or not they have confidence in Johnson’s leadership, and a simple majority of MPs (at least 180) would have to vote against the prime minister for him to be ousted. The U.K. Parliament will hold a vote of no confidence on Prime Minister Boris Johnson Monday evening, a Conservative Party chairman announced Monday morning, which could result in Johnson getting booted from leading the country after he broke its Covid-19 lockdown rules with a series of pandemic-era parties.

Whether he wins or loses tonight, the prime minister has given the nation another reason to celebrate, writes Zoe Williams.

Ah, for sentiment’s sake, I’ll put that in full, in case this is the last time I have cause to write it: the prime minister, Boris Johnson. Which means that for the fifth day straight, a nation will be watching or listening to the same thing at the same time – the current affairs version of all warming our hands around the same bin fire. By Monday morning, all a reasonable person hoped was that they would survive the aftermath of four days’ revelling. But Monday, when it arrived, had other ideas: enough letters from Conservative MPs had been sent to Graham Brady of the 1922 Committee to trigger a confidence vote in the prime minister, to be held this very evening.

Some of the key arguments being deployed by both sides as spin war begins ahead of no-confidence vote.

The prime minister’s backers believe he is a proven winner, after he took many Labour-dominated seats in the north of England and Midlands, winning an 80-seat majority. Johnson’s allies are arguing that he has made the right calls on Ukraine and it would be destabilising for the country to lose a prime minister at such an uncertain time. Rebels point to the reports of another yet-uninvestigated birthday party for Johnson during lockdown, and the fear that the Partygate furore is far from over. This has happened in the case of Johnson, with the Tories consistently trailing Labour in the polls and MPs hearing from their voters that he should go, as trust in his leadership has evaporated. There is general unease among Tory MPs that the government is rudderless and lacking in ideas. A cavalier attitude towards the law was also in evidence when he tried to prorogue parliament at the height of the Brexit crisis and more recently threatened to override parts of the internationally binding Northern Ireland protocol.

Thames Valley's PCC says Boris Johnson staying put would "prolong pain" for the party and country.

He said: "I think there have been a number of issues. Continue to work closely on ensure @ThamesVPget their fair share of additional police officers from the 20,000 promised. Whether that happens as a result of [a confidence vote] tonight isn't clear," he said.

Dismissed as the clown prince of British politics for decades, Johnson secured an enormous parliamentary majority for his Conservative Party after calling an ...

The report, compiled by senior civil servant Sue Gray, detailed excessive alcohol consumption and partying until near dawn at the center of British politics. With inflation in Britain hitting record highs, critics argued that Johnson’s mismanagement was causing a cost of living crisis. The police investigation ultimately determined that 83 people violated lockdown rules, including the prime minister, his wife, Carrie, and Chancellor Rishi Sunak. The scandal quickly led to recriminations and resignations. On April 12, police investigating the parties fined Johnson for his attendance at a birthday party reportedly organized by his wife at 10 Downing Street during a strict lockdown in June 2020. Return to menu Return to menu The pandemic would go on to kill more than 170,000 people across Britain, with millions more infected. Return to menu Return to menu Return to menu If Johnson gets a simple majority of members of parliament — 180 votes — he can stay as prime minister.

Britain's Conservative MPs are voting on whether to keep Boris Johnson as leader - and if he loses he will be forced to stand down as prime minister.

At the moment this works out as 54 MPs (out of 359). One Tory MP has been told to stay away from Parliament, after being accused of rape and sexual assault. This means a new PM could be chosen without a general election being held. To win, Mr Johnson needs more Tory MPs to vote for him to continue, rather than be replaced. For a vote to be held, at least 15 percent of Conservative MPs have to write a letter saying they no longer support their leader. An attempt by Conservative MPs to remove their leader is known as a vote of confidence.

The Conservative Party will hold a no-confidence vote on the leadership of Boris Johnson tonight. Here's what you need to know.

While opposition parties may be willing to have a snap election, the Conservatives still have a working parliamentary majority of 75. Electing someone from outside the current cabinet may help the party to move on with a narrative of change. By virtue of losing the vote, Johnson would be prohibited from standing in the resulting leadership election. To win the vote, Johnson needs a simple majority of the ballots to be returned in his favour. The vote has been triggered after 54 (or possibly more) MPs submitted letters to Sir Graham Brady, the chairman of the influential 1922 committee, saying they no longer believe Johnson is the right person to lead the party. After weeks of speculation during the “partygate” scandal, the required number of Conservative MPs have called for a “no-confidence” vote on Boris Johnson’s leadership.

Letter: At a minimum, our first past the post system must be replaced with proportional voting, writes Adam Newey.

The renewal of our democracy demands nothing less. Martin Kettle is right to suggest that what he characterises as “the Burnham problem” is a serious one, but he doesn’t go far enough in his prescriptions ( Andy Burnham is a prime Labour leader candidate, but also a mayor. To that I’d add an elected upper house (possibly along Germany’s Bundesrat model mentioned by Kettle), the Human Rights Act and Nolan principles to be written into the constitution, and abolition of the monarchy and the vestigial monarchical powers exercised by the executive (though now is not perhaps the best time to be making that particular argument).

Some 211 Conservative Party lawmakers voted in favor of Prime Minister Boris Johnson, while 148 voted against him — a result worse than many expected.

Speaking to reporters after the result, Johnson said he was "certainly not interested" in snap elections. Some 211 Conservative Party lawmakers voted in favor of the prime minister on Monday, while 148 voted against him. Berenberg Bank Senior Economist Kallum Pickering said that Johnson's win does not mean it's back to normal for his government. Former Health Minister Jeremy Hunt, meanwhile, indicated he would be voting "for change." The confidence vote was triggered after 15% of Conservative lawmakers (or 54 of the current 359 Conservative Party MPs) submitted letters of no-confidence to Brady. Johnson needed the support of a simple majority of 180 MPs to win the vote, but the figure of 148 was worse than many expected.

Johnson won a confidence vote by Tory MPs 211 to 148. A vote of no confidence was triggered by disgruntled conservative MPs, following anger over the Sue Gray ...

"Today’s decision is change or lose," said Jeremy Hunt, who ran against Johnson for the Conservative leadership in 2019 but has largely refrained from criticising him since. He urged Britons to “move on” and focus on righting the battered economy and helping Ukraine defend itself against a Russian invasion. Support among his fellow Conservative lawmakers has weakened as some see the leader, renowned for his ability to connect with voters, increasingly as a liability rather than an asset in elections. He kept bouncing back, showing an uncommon ability to shrug off scandal and connect with voters that, for many Conservatives, overshadowed doubts about his ethics or judgement. Conservative Party official Graham Brady announced Monday that he had received letters calling for a no-confidence vote from at least 54 Tory legislators, enough to trigger the measure under party rules. The vote comes as Johnson’s government is under intense pressure to ease the pain of skyrocketing energy and food bills.

Boris Johnson has won a confidence vote by Conservative MPs 211 to 148, meaning he will stay in his job as UK prime minister.

What I'm interested in is delivering for this country." - Margaret Thatcher: Resigned as PM in 1990 after failing to win outright victory for party leadership. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said the choice was between a "divided" Conservative party that was "propping up" Johnson, or a united Labour Party. Every single Conservative MP voted. He said this was a moment and an opportunity to "put behind us" the ongoing arguments within the Conservative party from recent months over his leadership. Johnson faced the vote after a growing number of MPs in his Conservative Party questioned the British leader's authority over what has been dubbed the "partygate" scandal.

The prime minister is damaged; so are the country and his party. His relief will not be long-lived, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle.

By reconfirming him as leader, Tory MPs have made their own task of re-election much harder and made a change of government at the next election much more likely. The scale of the vote against Johnson is very large. If the demand on the backbenches and in the constituency associations is loud enough, a way is likely to be found. An anti-Johnson backbench memo circulating today complained that “the entire purpose of the government now appears to be the sustenance of Boris Johnson as prime minister”. The Tory divisions are not just about personalities and office parties, but about policies. First, and most immediately, Johnson is not yet out of the woods. However much Downing Street may pretend otherwise, this is not the end of the story, for three main reasons.

Boris Johnson has survived a vote of confidence held by his own party. Conservative MPs voted Monday in a secret ballot by 211 to 148 to allow Johnson to ...

If they do, it will be hard for even Johnson's most vocal supporters to claim that the Prime Minister's unpopularity had nothing to do with it. For months, Johnson and his government has been caught up in scandals that range from protecting an MP who had breached lobbying rules to another MP being found guilty of sexually abusing a 15-year-old boy. Its handling of the Partygate scandal has been at times shambolic and incoherent. Some detractors also said he'd struck a serious tone at the meeting, and that they expected Johnson to win. Ahead of the vote, a margin of 80 was considered by many to be a worst-case-scenario. Though the vote may impact his legacy, Johnson never really expected to lose.

Four of the six MPs voted against the prime minister, with two supporting him, including Scottish Secretary Alister Jack.

There are 359 Conservative MPs, which means at least 54 have sent letters of no confidence. He added: "This has been an incredibly difficult decision. People across the country have been rightly deeply angered by what went on. He added that he felt this was in the best interests of the country "with our recovery from the pandemic and the global inflation pressures that have yet to hit us fully". "I have no doubt that my colleagues in the parliamentary party will vote to show their confidence in the prime minister." "I have heard loud and clear the anger at the breaking of Covid rules that we all did our best to follow, and even more so at the statements to parliament from the prime minister on this topic," he said.

The vote of no confidence was triggered by disgruntled conservative MPs, following anger over the Sue Gray report detailing parties at Downing Street that ...

"Today’s decision is change or lose," said Jeremy Hunt, who ran against Johnson for the Conservative leadership in 2019 but has largely refrained from criticising him since. He urged Britons to “move on” and focus on righting the battered economy and helping Ukraine defend itself against a Russian invasion. Support among his fellow Conservative lawmakers has weakened as some see the leader, renowned for his ability to connect with voters, increasingly as a liability rather than an asset in elections. He kept bouncing back, showing an uncommon ability to shrug off scandal and connect with voters that, for many Conservatives, overshadowed doubts about his ethics or judgement. Conservative Party official Graham Brady announced Monday that he had received letters calling for a no-confidence vote from at least 54 Tory legislators, enough to trigger the measure under party rules. The vote comes as Johnson’s government is under intense pressure to ease the pain of skyrocketing energy and food bills.

Boris Johnson might have survived a no-confidence motion in his own party room by 211 votes to 148, but history and logic tells us his prime ministership is ...

If just 32 more Tory MPs change their minds in the coming months, he may not survive the year. Now, a large proportion of his backbench is worried that he will drive them over a cliff in the next election, which is due to be held in the next two-and-a-half years. "To describe yourself as 'vindicated' by the report is grotesque," Mr Norman wrote in a stinging open letter to the prime minister. Jesse Norman, the former Financial Secretary to the Treasury and a long-term supporter of Mr Johnson, said the Gray report showed the prime minister had "presided over a culture of casual law-breaking at 10 Downing Street in relation to COVID". He said it was clear from Sue Gray's report into the lockdown parties, which found failures of leadership in the prime minister's office, that Mr Johnson had "breached a fundamental principle of the Ministerial Code – a clear resigning matter". At the heart of the prime minister's precarious grip on power is the scandal of "partygate'', a series of parties in and around 10 Downing Street during lockdown.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson survived a no-confidence vote on Monday (local time), securing enough support from his Conservative Party to remain in ...

"Today’s decision is change or lose," said Jeremy Hunt, who ran against Johnson for the Conservative leadership in 2019 but has largely refrained from criticising him since. He urged Britons to “move on” and focus on righting the battered economy and helping Ukraine defend itself against a Russian invasion. Support among his fellow Conservative lawmakers has weakened as some see the leader, renowned for his ability to connect with voters, increasingly as a liability rather than an asset in elections. He kept bouncing back, showing an uncommon ability to shrug off scandal and connect with voters that, for many Conservatives, overshadowed doubts about his ethics or judgement. Conservative Party official Graham Brady announced Monday that he had received letters calling for a no-confidence vote from at least 54 Tory legislators, enough to trigger the measure under party rules. The vote comes as Johnson’s government is under intense pressure to ease the pain of skyrocketing energy and food bills.

Boris Johnson's time as prime minister has been a rollercoaster. He faces a no-confidence vote mainly over rule-breaking parties in government buildings ...

And the big picture, I think, Steve - and we've reported on this for a long time - Johnson is a very entertaining cheerleader for the country at his best. That's only going to help our opposition - you know, the Labour Party - and says the country needs to focus on the war in Ukraine. Of course, the U.K. has been a leader in arming the Ukrainian army. And a big question here, I think, among people even in his own party is - it's not a question of maybe if Johnson goes, but when he would go. And party says, you know, we need to focus on the rising cost of living at home. In the U.K. system, the prime minister's party controls the House of Commons. And if a majority of his conservative party rejects him, he must step aside. What Johnson's team this morning is saying to everybody in the party is, you know, slow down. So there - it is a bit of a high-risk proposition. FRANK LANGFITT, BYLINE: It goes back to a lot of anger about the way Johnson and his staff behaved during the COVID lockdown. And what they'll need is a hundred and eighty conservative lawmakers at least, out of 359, to vote him out effectively this evening. And Johnson came to St. Paul's Cathedral for this big service, where the royal family also came, and he was roundly booed by the crowd. Johnson himself ended up being fined $62 for breaking one of his own laws, effectively - first time a prime minister has been found to have broken a law in office. You know, as we've reported, he attended some lockdown parties - his staff - many parties, when people here weren't allowed to even go out and see dying loved ones in the hospital.

Only the most stridently supportive titles stand vocally behind prime minister after 41% of his own MPs vote for his removal.

However, the prime minister still has some defiant backing from his cheerleaders in the national papers. Politicians don’t recover from such things.” The Mirror proclaims “Party’s over, Boris” and says that the prime minister has suffered a “brutal attack” by his own side “and is warned that he will be out in a year”.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson wins a no-confidence vote but a large rebellion in his Conservative Party over the so-called "partygate" scandal deals ...

But it is too early to say what will happens now." He predicted before the vote that Mr Johnson would likely "formally win" but said that would not settle the matter. "Boris Johnson will be relieved at this vote. But Steve Baker, a strong Brexit supporter whose opposition to Ms May helped Mr Johnson take power, said he was voting for Mr Johnson to go because the Prime Minister had broken the law. MP Jesse Norman, a longtime Johnson supporter, said the Prime Minister had "presided over a culture of casual law-breaking" and had left the government "adrift and distracted." British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has survived a confidence vote but a large rebellion in his Conservative Party over the so-called "partygate" scandal has dealt a blow to his authority.

Earlier today, a secret ballot was triggered by scores of British lawmakers writing to party bosses calling on the PM to quit.

It’s all tied to revelations that during a COVID-19 lockdown, the official home of the prime minister hosted a string of illegal parties. Earlier today, a secret ballot was triggered by scores of British lawmakers writing to party bosses calling on the PM to quit. Elected members of the U.K.’s ruling Conservative party are about to decide whether to remove Prime Minister Boris Johnson from office.

Monday's vote saw Johnson win the backing of most of his Conservative lawmakers, but by a much slimmer margin than his supporters had hoped.

And in the meantime he might still be forced to resign if his inner circle turn against him," Monks noted. "I think the key metric for a lot of MPs is the opinion polls, they'll be looking at Boris Johnson's personal ratings ... and the gap between them and the Labour Party." I don't believe he will fight the next election. We've got what really is a lame-duck prime minister," he told CNBC's Steve Sedgwick Tuesday. "To some extent we assume that the Conservatives will lose both of those by-elections, but we shouldn't minimize the impact. Johnson needed a simple majority of 180 MPs to win the vote, but the figure of 148 was worse than many expected and means that over 40% of his own lawmakers have no confidence in the prime minister —despite his efforts to win their support.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson will remain in power after winning a no-confidence vote by his own Conservative Party. 359 votes were cast. 211 voted in favou.

He urged Britons to "move on" and focus on righting the battered economy and helping Ukraine defend itself against a Russian invasion. "Today's decision is change or lose," said Jeremy Hunt, who ran against Johnson for the Conservative leadership in 2019 but has largely refrained from criticising him since. Now we must all get back to work on behalf of the people of the UK." His selection in July 2019 capped a rollercoaster journey to the top. If he doesn't, the party will choose a new leader, who will also become prime minister. Now we must all get back to work on behalf of the people of the UK." The vote comes as Johnson's government is under intense pressure to ease the pain of skyrocketing energy and food bills. It is also a sign of deep Conservative divisions, less than three years after Johnson led the party to its biggest election victory in decades. Johnson's allies insist he will stay in office if he wins by even a single vote. Still, with no clear front-runner to succeed Johnson, most political observers thought he would defeat the challenge and remain prime minister. The Conservative Party now believes that the British public have no right to expect honest politicians." Within eight months of that result, May was out."

Tobias Ellwood says PM has a lot of work to do, with change of direction needed by October party conference.

Deep inside, he should recognise that, and turn his mind to getting out in a way that spares party and country such agonies and uncertainties.” The former Tory leader William Hague said Johnson should “turn his mind to getting out” to provide a fresh start for the party. We move forward to deliver for the people of the country and that is the way we do the right thing by our constituents.” Under current party rules, Johnson should be safe from a challenge for a year but rules can be changed by the backbench executive of the 1922 Committee. But we’ll do everything we can do to win both of those seats and support both of those great candidates.” A landmark review of NHS leadership, intended to “level up” failing trusts, is also expected to report this week.

Despite surviving a no-confidence vote in Parliament, Britain's prime minister must now weather a risky Parliamentary by-election this month and, ...

Mr. Johnson and his wife, Carrie Johnson, were booed as they walked up the steps of St. Paul’s Cathedral on Friday ahead of a service of thanksgiving. Nodding to the Downing Street parties that have nearly been Mr. Johnson’s undoing, it said: “The Party Is Over Boris.” She won a robust majority, but her popularity had been weakened — also by a highly unpopular household tax that she refused to abandon — and the next year, her leadership was put up for a vote again. Some analysts believe that Mr. Johnson is now so politically damaged and unpopular that it would be better for the opposition parties if he clings to power and leads the Conservatives into the next election. She decided not to stand for a second round of voting, and stepped down a few days later. And one golden rule of British politics is that voters rarely warm to parties that are divided. “We are going to get on with the massive agenda that we were elected to deliver in 2019,” he said. If they win, that would send shock waves through the Conservative Party, signaling to many of its lawmakers in the south that they, too, are at risk of losing their seats when the next general election comes. The parties have no way of forcing a general election, which does not need to take place until January 2025, though Mr. Johnson is expected to call it earlier. That was the case for the previous prime minister, Theresa May, who survived a no-confidence vote in December 2018 but announced her resignation within six months of her victory after relentless pressure. On June 23, voters will cast ballots in Wakefield, in the north of England, where Imran Ahmad Khan quit after being convicted of sexually assaulting a teenager. The bigger question facing Mr. Johnson is how he will pass difficult legislation when more than 40 percent of his lawmakers voted to oust him.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has survived a vote of confidence triggered by discontented lawmakers in his own Conservative Party, but his troubles ...

Following the vote, Starmer said Johnson was "utterly unfit for the great office that he holds" and accused Conservative lawmakers of ignoring the British public. A nuclear option, which Johnson on Monday said he had no interest in, would be to call a snap election. If it turns out Johnson's standing has been damaged beyond repair, he might opt for a voluntary exit rather than face the humiliating demise that she endured, which ultimately led to Johnson becoming Prime Minister. Judging by his comments so far, the Prime Minister will aim to continue to cling on. Losses in those polls could heap more pressure on Johnson ahead of a national general election expected in 2024. These rules, however, can change at any time -- as many pointed out on Monday and Tuesday.

Johnson remains Britain's prime minister but faces a restive Conservative Party as more than 40 percent of his party's members of Parliament voted against his ...

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Another Partygate inquiry, two byelections, a possible reshuffle … life isn't about to get any easier for the PM.

Johnson might be habitually portrayed as supremely ambitious and power-hungry, but the reality is more complex, not least his very obvious desire to be liked. Theresa May won her no-confidence vote in December 2018 with a better margin than Johnson, but within months had to offer a timetable for departure after MPs raised the threat of a rule change. But it is striking that the language from the PM and No 10 since the vote has been all about ploughing on, and more of the same. This is possibly the biggest threat to Johnson in practical terms. This is perhaps the most impassable hurdle of all for prime ministers on the slide. Under Conservative party rules, his win by 211 votes to 148 in a no-confidence vote of Tory MPs means he will not face a similar challenge for 12 months.

The Conservative party knows the pain its leader has caused, but it just doesn't care, says Lobby Akinnola of the Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice ...

He lied to the faces of grieving people. And it hurts to think that when asked to make the same sacrifice it had asked of the British public, our own government didn’t think that the inconvenience of not having a party was worth it. He looked at the five of us who had lost family members to Covid and he said that he had done everything he could. One of the main impressions I’ve had during the pandemic is that this government is not prioritising the people, that the wellbeing of the public comes second to ministers’ own careers. I’ve told myself that it was the right thing to do, because we were told that we had to protect the people around us. Boris Johnson seems to have an ability to escape the consequences of his actions within his own party.

Many observers, including a number of Conservatives, think that his premiership has been holed below the waterline.

After the outcome was announced, Johnson brazenly hailed it as “a convincing result, a decisive result.” The headline in the Financial Times was closer to the truth: “Weakened Boris Johnson Scrapes Through After Damaging Confidence Vote.” Like Trump, Johnson is too self-focussed and slippery to be confined within a single political philosophy, and, like Trump, he blames the media for his troubles. The latter reference was to Johnson’s Trump-like attempts to centralize power in his own office, neutering his Cabinet as well as Parliament itself. How much longer will Johnson last in Downing Street? Under the current Conservative Party rules, his leadership can’t be challenged again for at least twelve months. . . . Rather, you are simply seeking to campaign, to keep changing the subject and to create political and cultural dividing lines mainly for your advantage.” Norman added, “You are apparently trying to import elements of a presidential system of government that is entirely foreign to our constitution and law. A photograph from November, 2020, during the deadly second wave of the coronavirus, showed Johnson standing in a room at 10 Downing Street, surrounded by other people and bottles of alcohol, raising a glass to a departing colleague. If Stewart is proved correct, Partygate won’t be the only thing that did in Johnson, although the scandal has certainly turned many ordinary voters against him, and particularly against his clumsy efforts to cover up the high jinks at No. 10. Is there anyone here who doesn’t like a glass of wine to decompress?” The current situation isn’t directly comparable because May, after her vote, was still burdened by the ongoing Brexit stalemate, whereas the COVID restrictions are now in the past. An independent report published last month detailed a number of social events at 10 Downing Street during which staffers partied late into the night, drinking heavily, and, in at least one instance, belting out karaoke. The Prime Minister survived, but more than forty per cent of his own party had abandoned him. Since Boris Johnson became Britain’s Prime Minister, in July, 2019, comparisons between him and Donald Trump have perhaps been overdone a bit.

Prof Jon Tonge , who teaches British politics at the University of Liverpool, is kicking himself for not betting on a contest he so accurately forecast. In a ...

“It gives you a nice warm feeling,” he said. He said: “At the start of the day, I was thinking the result would be virtually the same as the no confidence vote in Theresa May. But during the day, it became clear that the level of opposition was going to be greater. Tonge said he initially expected Johnson to match the performance of his predecessor. He added: “This is the political escapologist of political escapologist. He recalled: “I said Sinn Féin would get 26 seats and they got 27. In a tweet posted 58 minutes before the result was announced, Tonge correctly predicted 211 MPs or 59% would back Johnson. He also predicted that 147 or 41% would rebel.

Editorial: A weakened prime minister remains for now – but the odds are shortening on his departure.

But the prime minister is a dead man walking. With the NHS close to collapse, Mr Johnson offers only bombast. Voters won’t believe a prime minister who has repeatedly failed to tell the truth about Downing Street’s pandemic partying. The prime minister has been unable to convince the public that he has the answers to household incomes being squeezed by inflation and public services being stretched to breaking point post-pandemic. That rebels could be found from all wings of the party, rather than in one organised faction, is an indication of how far the rot has spread. Few voters know exactly what Labour and the Liberal Democrats stand for, but both parties think that many more Tory seats will be vulnerable at the next general election if Mr Johnson remains in post.

Earlier this month British Transport Secretary Grant Shapps told airlines to stop selling tickets for flights they cannot staff, while Deputy Prime Minister ...

“You look at the UK, Boris Johnson, he highlights one of the reasons why he should continue to be prime minister as being the way he handled the pandemic. Get a note directly from our foreign correspondents on what’s making headlines around the world. London: A leading airline industry official on Tuesday blasted British politicians for criticising long airport lines and canceled flights as COVID-19 cases eased and in turn assailed Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s own response to the pandemic.