Boris wins confidence vote

Katie59

Grantanow

Johnson is shameless and a lot of Tory MPs lack backbone and bottom. The 148 should all send in fresh no confidence letters to Sir Graham Brady and demand a rule change. And if any of them are threatened with having the Tory Whip removed they should collectively prevent his legislation in the Commons. He must go.

If they want to commit political suicide it only takes 40 or so to vote legislation down, my guess is that very few are prepared to do that.

148 could though, not just 40. There’s strength in numbers.

Who will replace Boris if he goes? Can't think of anyone myself. Any ideas?

V. worrying: this power-crazed man will never resign, but being short in the integrity department, could act rashly and dangerously before he is finally ousted.

Larry the Cat.

I've said this before but it becomes more attractive as time goes on.

Well he doesn’t win my confidence vote. Bumbling idiot comes to mind

Annaram1

Who will replace Boris if he goes? Can't think of anyone myself. Any ideas?

Ben Wallace topped a poll last week.

I hope it isn’t Jeremy Hunt or Michael Gove, Mr Gove has been keeping a low profile recently which is certainly cause for concern.

volver

Larry the Cat.

I've said this before but it becomes more attractive as time goes on.

Do you know who runs Larry’s account?

They definitely have a sense of humour.

I don't know GG13 but it is very good, isn't it?

twitter.com/Number10cat?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

Dead ? walking ?‍♂️

FFS!!!!

Whitewavemark2

Wonder what Smogg will say????

He said

"“This is a very bad result for the prime minister, 117 votes against her… much worse than she thought …. an overwhelming majority of backbenchers have voted against her”

Oh wait...

I can’t get past the parties in lockdown - never mind all the good things they are trying to do/or have done…
I am disgusted in Boris and the rest of the smug lot - shame on them ALL!
I think the Tories will be defeated at the next general election as the majority of the common people will speak with their votes.

The 40% against are in great danger of losing their very highly paid jobs - and I hope they do. So disloyal.

The 40% have voted in the way their constituents wanted them to vote. MPs in a democracy are merely representatives of the people. Why should those MPs lose their jobs? What sort of democracy do we have where an MP risks losing their job because they carry out the will of the people. Sounds more like a dictatorship to me!!! In fact, the 40% should be applauded for carrying out their constitutional duty rather than pandering to one man’s obsession with power.

I would like to know how my local conservative MP voted.

This with bells on! What an awful excuse of a man he is. I honestly can't remember disliking anyone quite as much as I do him

I'm not convinced it was'nt fixed tbh! I doubt very much there's still 211 of them still like him!?

fairfraise

Also means that nearly 60% voted for him.

Correct! An even more conclusive vote than the 52% to 48% result in the Brexit referendum. No complaints from me on either vote.

Why can't they have a vote by ALL the mp's in parliament?- not just conservatives? Why not ask all the parties if they have confidence in him?After all, they still have to live under his rules.I bet he'd have been ousted then.Or better still- just ask the public to vote whether we still want him, or indeed the conservatives, still running our country now that its all going to pot- time for a general election I'd say- we ALL deserve a say.

"a sure sign that the PM is doing the right thing."

All evidence demonstrates that the PM is not doing the right thing and that he has spent the vast majority of his life not doing the right thing.

Growstuff asked PS. Has anybody seen any building work on any of those 40 hospitals?

Well yes - today I saw in the local paper that the foundation stone was laid for a whole new wing on our regional hospital. It has been prioritised/fast tracked to deal with the backlog of surgical operations (mostly knee and hip replacements) which has arisen because of the pandemic. It will contain two wards, rehab facilities and two theaters.

OOps sorry, this is in Scotland under an SNP/Green Government and has nothing to do with Boris's promised 40 new hospitals.

Michael Gove is currently trying to reverse the rule that 25% of new build housing is given over to social housing so that no one on low incomes or benefits gets a chance to get a decent new house! (Only the rich can get 'dibs' who can afford to buy one) I read that the other week- no wonder he is keeping a low profile!

He could be having to do it all again in six months. The 1922 committee are looking at changing Tory party rules, so that a leader can be challenged every 6 months, instead of yearly..

By that time, the by election results will be known, and the enquiry as to whether he lied to Parliament will be complete.

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-latest-news-no-confidence-vote-b2095380.html

I think it is a sad reflection on the Conservative party that they can't find anyone better to lead the Party. I am very disappointed in the party as a whole.

So we're actually moving backwards then now, not forwards, on policies that were meant to improve the living standards of people on low wages and benefits- but clearly conservative party don't think these folk deserve to have a nice home to live in that they can afford- just slums then for us who can't buy one is it? ?

Urmstongran

And Hunt?
Best way to guarantee a Tory defeat in 2024.

Let's hope!