LONDON: Great Britain Boris Johnson may have survived Monday’s vote of no confidence by his teeth, but he faces exciting water ahead. He will face a privileged committee investigation into whether he mistakenly hit the House of Commons, twice eliminating difficulty, Tory rebels conspiring to change party rules to let allowing a second challenge to his leadership ahead of the current 12-month limit, and the possibility of his Cabinet resigning.
The Privileges Committee, a House of Commons select committee, will soon begin an investigation into whether he misled the House with statements he made on the House floor about the charges. party in Downing Street during lockdown. Police later issued 126 fines for breaking the Downing Street stop, including one for Johnson. The committee’s report will make it clear whether the Prime Minister’s statements about the Downing Street lockdown parties “bring contempt to the House of Commons”. If the commission finds that out, the report will recommend sanctions. The report will then be passed back to the House of Commons, which will make the final decision on whether sanctions should be imposed and, if so, how they should be.
The Tories could also face a catastrophic defeat in the knockouts at Wakefield and in Tiverton and Honiton on June 23, which will put further pressure on Johnson. These removals come after both incumbent Conservative MPs resigned in anger. Imran Ahmad Khan, the first British MP for the Ahmadiyya Muslim community, has resigned after he was found guilty of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy while Neil Parish resigned after admitting to viewing pornography. in the chamber of the House of Commons. Bookmakers predict the Conservatives will lose Wakefield to Labor and Tiverton and Honiton to the Liberal Democrats.
Meanwhile, 148 rebel MPs who voted against Johnson are planning their next move.
Although under current rules Johnson cannot face another leadership challenge for 12 months, a Tory rebel told TOI they plan to overturn this once the vote is in place. The MP said that all that was needed was for a majority of the 1922 committee to vote to change the rules allowing a second confidence vote within 12 months, and if they moved the proposal then the rebels will also win a vote of no confidence. vote and force Johnson to resign. “All Cabinet can also resign and make his position sacrosanct. I’m disappointed they didn’t. We just need 32 more MPs to join us,” the rebels said.
Some Conservative MPs worry Johnson will lead the party to a disastrous defeat in the 2024 general election. Opinions differ on whether Johnson will survive. Conservative MP Roger Gale said: “I would be very surprised if he remained in 10th place by the end of autumn.” But Conservative MP Lee Anderson said Johnson had been subjected to “a massive witch hunt led by the BBC and Labor”.
Johnson appeared unfazed by the confidence vote and told his Cabinet on Tuesday he was “drawing a straight line” on the issues his opponents wanted to talk about and would focus on reducing ease the cost of living crisis and talk about what the people of the country want to talk about. He told the Cabinet to focus on cutting taxes, cutting government costs, cutting costs faced by businesses and cutting the cost of living. He said “Partygate” was a “media obsession”.
The Privileges Committee, a House of Commons select committee, will soon begin an investigation into whether he misled the House with statements he made on the House floor about the charges. party in Downing Street during lockdown. Police later issued 126 fines for breaking the Downing Street stop, including one for Johnson. The committee’s report will make it clear whether the Prime Minister’s statements about the Downing Street lockdown parties “bring contempt to the House of Commons”. If the commission finds that out, the report will recommend sanctions. The report will then be passed back to the House of Commons, which will make the final decision on whether sanctions should be imposed and, if so, how they should be.
The Tories could also face a catastrophic defeat in the knockouts at Wakefield and in Tiverton and Honiton on June 23, which will put further pressure on Johnson. These removals come after both incumbent Conservative MPs resigned in anger. Imran Ahmad Khan, the first British MP for the Ahmadiyya Muslim community, has resigned after he was found guilty of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy while Neil Parish resigned after admitting to viewing pornography. in the chamber of the House of Commons. Bookmakers predict the Conservatives will lose Wakefield to Labor and Tiverton and Honiton to the Liberal Democrats.
Meanwhile, 148 rebel MPs who voted against Johnson are planning their next move.
Although under current rules Johnson cannot face another leadership challenge for 12 months, a Tory rebel told TOI they plan to overturn this once the vote is in place. The MP said that all that was needed was for a majority of the 1922 committee to vote to change the rules allowing a second confidence vote within 12 months, and if they moved the proposal then the rebels will also win a vote of no confidence. vote and force Johnson to resign. “All Cabinet can also resign and make his position sacrosanct. I’m disappointed they didn’t. We just need 32 more MPs to join us,” the rebels said.
Some Conservative MPs worry Johnson will lead the party to a disastrous defeat in the 2024 general election. Opinions differ on whether Johnson will survive. Conservative MP Roger Gale said: “I would be very surprised if he remained in 10th place by the end of autumn.” But Conservative MP Lee Anderson said Johnson had been subjected to “a massive witch hunt led by the BBC and Labor”.
Johnson appeared unfazed by the confidence vote and told his Cabinet on Tuesday he was “drawing a straight line” on the issues his opponents wanted to talk about and would focus on reducing ease the cost of living crisis and talk about what the people of the country want to talk about. He told the Cabinet to focus on cutting taxes, cutting government costs, cutting costs faced by businesses and cutting the cost of living. He said “Partygate” was a “media obsession”.
