{"id":5864,"date":"2022-06-07T13:32:03","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T13:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=5864"},"modified":"2022-06-07T13:32:22","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T13:32:22","slug":"vote-of-no-confidence-weakened-boris-johnson-rules-out-snap-election-and-left-fighting-for-political-future-after-narrowly-surviving-confidence-motion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/vote-of-no-confidence-weakened-boris-johnson-rules-out-snap-election-and-left-fighting-for-political-future-after-narrowly-surviving-confidence-motion\/","title":{"rendered":"Vote of no confidence: Weakened Boris Johnson rules out snap election and left fighting for political future after narrowly surviving confidence motion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Prime Minister<\/a>, who is is facing a battle to survive after the number of rebels demanding he go reached 148, said the UK Government could now \u201cmove on\u201d following a \u201cconvincing\u201d and \u201cdecisive\u201d result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Sir Roger Gale, who voted to remove the Prime Minister, said he would be very surprised if Mr Johnson was still in post by the autumn.Despite winning the vote, Mr Johnson is now a Prime Minister diminished and lacking authority, with two crucial by-elections to come that could yet ultimately seal his fate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a whipping operation described as \u201cdisorganised\u201d, more MPs<\/a> voted to oust him than his predecessor Theresa May<\/a> in a separate vote in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It came on a day that saw four of six Scottish Tory MPs publicly call for the Prime Minister to go, despite support from the Scottish Secretary Alister Jack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Johnson survived with a majority of just 63 after 211 MPs voted to support him, against 148.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking just minutes after the vote outcome was announced, the Prime Minister said he was \u201ccertainly not interested in snap elections\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier, a defiant Mr Johnson had told MPs he would make more tax cuts if they kept him, but failed to offer specifics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Prime Minister also warned Tory splits risked the \u201cutter disaster\u201d of Sir Keir Starmer\u2019s Labour entering Downing Street, propped up by the SNP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said: \u201cThe only way we will let that happen is if we were so foolish as to descend into some pointless fratricidal debate about the future of our party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI humbly submit to you that this is not the moment for a leisurely and entirely unforced domestic political drama and months and months of vacillation from the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Everyone understands the fiscal impact of Covid, the cost of clearing the backlogs, but the way out now is to drive supply side reform on Conservative principles and to cut taxes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Conservative Party rules mean he is safe from a confidence vote for another year, 41 per cent of his own MPs having no confidence could yet spell the end of Mr Johnson\u2019s premiership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Prime Minister had issued a late plea to Tory MPs to support him, warning \u201cpointless\u201d internal warfare could see them turfed out of office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He took five questions during the meeting, two of which were \u201chostile\u201d, a senior party source said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The vote came amid rising fury over the Covid breaches linked to the Partygate scandal \u2013 something Mr Johnson had previously \u201chumbly\u201d apologised for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite this, when asked about attending leaving parties that broke lockdown laws, the Prime Minister insisted he\u2019d \u201cdo it again\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The scandal prompted the Scottish Conservatives leader Douglas to say he \u201ccannot in good faith\u201d support the Prime Minister following the breach of Covid rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Confirmation of Mr Ross\u2019s vote came after several U-turns, with his last position having been Mr Johnson should stay in place until after the war in Ukraine was over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Confirming his position just hours before the vote, Mr Ross said: \u201cI 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHaving listened closely to people in Moray who re-elected me to represent them, and from many people across Scotland, now that this confidence vote is upon us, I cannot in good faith support Boris Johnson<\/a>. My vote tonight will support the motion of no confidence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was a further Scottish blow to the Prime Minister, with John Lamont resigning as PPS to the foreign secretary and voting against Mr Johnson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said: \u201cWhilst I recognise that changes have been made in Downing Street, the unfortunate reality is that the Government has become overwhelmed by these events, to the detriment of my constituents and people across the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The amazing work that this government is doing in Scotland and across the UK is increasingly being overshadowed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Former Scotland secretary David Mundell also voted against Mr Johnson, as did fellow Scottish Tory MP Andrew Bowie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Prime Minister, who is is facing a battle to survive after the number of rebels demanding he go reached 148,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5865,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[136],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-foreign-international-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/boris.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11905,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wales-get-first-black-leader-vaughan-gething\/","url_meta":{"origin":5864,"position":0},"title":"Wales Get First Black Leader Vaughan Gething","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"April 21, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Vaughan Gething is set to be Wales' next first minister after narrowly winning the Welsh Labour leadership election with 51.7% of the vote. 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