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Boris wins confidence vote

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Marsha Mon 06-Jun-22 21:04:29

Boris Johnson wins confidence vote by 211 votes to 148
Sir Graham Brady, chair of the Conservative 1922 Committee, says 359 votes were cast. There were no spoilt ballots.

Confidence in Boris Johnson: 211

No confidence in Johnson: 148

That means more than 40% of Tory MPs voted against Johnson.

growstuff Thu 09-Jun-22 11:45:02

I bet Starmer is chuffed to bits!

He's always being criticised for being anything but a revolutionary. hmm

MayBee70 Thu 09-Jun-22 14:29:26

Reply from my MP says she totally trusts in the PM’s integrity. Despite my letter pointing out the fact that he had removed the word integrity from the ministerial code. And no mention of the ABBA party at the PM’s flat; I had specifically asked why the party had not been investigated. She is on his payroll. Obviously representing him and not her constituents.

Katie59 Fri 10-Jun-22 14:46:26

vegansrock

If you were running an organisation and 40% of your employees wanted you out of that job would you call that an outstanding show of support?

Starmer is running an organization where 40% want him out, so honors even. LOL

Sad state of affairs, neither party are united.

Whitewavemark2 Tue 14-Jun-22 08:01:27

Voting Intention amongst 18-24 year olds: (12th June)

?LAB: 61% (+20)
?CON: 13% (-11)
?LDM: 7% (-)
?RFM: 5% (+3)
?GRN: 3% (-18)
???????SNP: 2% (-)
⚪️OTHER: 8% (+5)

Changes (-/+) w/5th June

The Tories have nothing to say to the young

growstuff Tue 14-Jun-22 08:12:18

Katie59

vegansrock

If you were running an organisation and 40% of your employees wanted you out of that job would you call that an outstanding show of support?

Starmer is running an organization where 40% want him out, so honors even. LOL

Sad state of affairs, neither party are united.

I missed the Labour Party's vote on the issue.

Whitewavemark2 Wed 15-Jun-22 19:35:24

Lord Geidt has resigned.

MaizieD Wed 15-Jun-22 21:29:02

Lord Geidt's job was always only window dressing. When the PM is sole arbiter of ministerial standards (including his own, the post of ethics advisor only has any meaning if the PM is willing to take advice. Which he is not...

I am continually surprised when supposedly intelligent people take on such mickey mouse posts when Johnson is so clearly contemptuous of anyone but himself.

Whitewavemark2 Thu 16-Jun-22 05:14:41

This is the second one to resign in this post. The first was when nothing was done about Patel after she was found guilty of misconduct- bullying and general nastiness.

I am reading much merriment in the American press and the comments about the fact that Johnson had an ethics advisor.

Katie59 Thu 16-Jun-22 10:31:28

growstuff

Katie59

vegansrock

If you were running an organisation and 40% of your employees wanted you out of that job would you call that an outstanding show of support?

Starmer is running an organization where 40% want him out, so honors even. LOL

Sad state of affairs, neither party are united.

I missed the Labour Party's vote on the issue.

A few days late. Did you not realise Starmer only got 56% in the leadership election!.

MaizieD Thu 16-Jun-22 12:32:54

Katie59

growstuff

Katie59

vegansrock

If you were running an organisation and 40% of your employees wanted you out of that job would you call that an outstanding show of support?

Starmer is running an organization where 40% want him out, so honors even. LOL

Sad state of affairs, neither party are united.

I missed the Labour Party's vote on the issue.

A few days late. Did you not realise Starmer only got 56% in the leadership election!.

Do you not realise that Leave only got 52% in the referendum but it was enough to precipitate the Brexit catastrophe and convince people that it was democratic.

Or that the tories only got 43% of the vote in the 2019 election and look where we are now... hmm

Katie59 Thu 16-Jun-22 12:35:38

Democracy at work.