Johnson won the party-only secret balloting by 211 to 148 — surpassing the simple majority of 180 votes he needed.
Still, the vote was remarkably close for a prime minister who helped the Conservatives win a landslide election in 2019. Johnson’s salvation may be the lack of an obvious successor within his party.
Though Johnson can now fight another day, he is a wounded leader. He and the Conservatives will struggle to rebuild their brand in the face of soaring inflation and diminished public trust.
Surviving a no-confidence vote under the current rules insulates Johnson from additional party challenges for a year. But those rules can be changed.
Looming over today’s vote was the recollection that Johnson’s predecessor, Theresa May, beat a no-confidence challenge over her failed Brexit deal in 2018, only to be forced to resign the next year.
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He's totally incompetent, a fraud and a liar. And what's the alternative - Rees Mog aka Lord Snooty, Pretty Patel who makes Davros look like a nice character, Liz Truss who is doing her best to wind up Putin and get Britain into a war, Sunak with his dodgy tax avoiding wife? I don't envy the UK
No surprise. There's no good alternative candidate. So, the UK will just have to continue to suffer the bullshit. But at least it's good British bullshit (world beating), unlike that insincere, dishonest foreign bullshit.
Hes NOT out of the woods YET..he only JUST servived...!! look at the numbers...He is now NUMBERED...its now ONLY TIME....!!!
Did you suspect otherwise , Jason, Frank, and Humphrey?