Boris Johnson was left “mortally wounded” and now faces new pressure to step down

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson formally survived a vote of confidence in his leadership last night but is fatally wounded. He has lost the support of four out of ten of his MPs, who are now demanding his resignation and pressuring his ministers to request it. Boris’s political agony has begun.

A new threat is on the march. Labor could ask the Prime Minister for a vote of confidence in the House of Commons. The motion would be laid bare the civil war which was unleashed in the conservative party, as in the worst days of the conflict that divided the party in the 90s, between pro-Europeans and eurosceptics.

The prime minister avoided an impeachment attempt on Monday only 63 votesafter 148 MPs defied his warnings that voting against him would give him the job the next elections.

“Tories” of the civil war

The vote exposed deep divisions within the Conservative Party, which will pose a continuing threat to Johnson’s authority as he tries to lead the party into a general election.

The major differences of the Conservatives versus Boris are in favor your leadership style, your behavior and that of those around you.

Officially Boris is saved from another vote of confidence for a year. But with the kingdom submerged by a spectacular and unpredictable political crisis, the Committee of 1922, the highest party authorityyou can change the rules to allow another vote of confidence much sooner, if Johnson does not resign. He has already done so in the case of Prime Minister Theresa May.

“This is the end for him. It’s not over yet, “said Philip Dunne, former Tory minister and parliamentarian, who voted against him on Monday.” It won’t happen now, but let’s hope to see what happens. in the coming weeks and months“, She said.

Like Thatcher?

His margin of victory is less than that granted to Theresa May in January 2019. The premier was ousted within seven months of his vote of confidence. Johnson faced the same opposition as her MPs on Monday night Margaret Thatcher’s in 1990. She stepped down two days later. his toilet turned against her.

That “Thatcherian” scenario is what the rebellious Conservative MPs want to provoke today in the Cabinet in Downing St. Boris is under the same pressure as on Monday. Nobody knows how long it will survive.

It will affect the personality of the Prime Minister: none of those who know him believe that in these hours he will deliver his resignation. He got up very early this Tuesday for jogging with Dylin, her puppy.

After the vote, Johnson’s allies claimed to have won “handsome”, despite the considerable level of opposition. However, the result was worse than expected since whipwhich hoped to keep the number of voters against Johnson at around 100. They only got a majority of 63 votes.

the new boss

The prime minister said he won a “decisive” and “convincing” vote of confidence as the Tory rebels vowed to continue fighting for a new leader.

A number of Conservative MPs have called for Johnson’s resignation, including Jeremy Huntthe former foreign minister, who said the party needed it “change or lose”. He’s running to replace him.

The prime minister has lost the support of four of Scotland’s six conservative MPs, including John Lamont, who resigned as assistant to Liz Truss, the foreign minister.

George Eustice, the environment secretary, told LBC that although Johnson could stay in office, it would take a lot of effort to fix the differences.

“I had the biggest election victory”

The prime minister saw the vote as an opportunity to “draw a line” on the Downing Street party scandal and push his agenda forward. Cabinet ministers said they expect Johnson to take action a reorganization in a few days to reaffirm the discipline.

Johnson told the 1922 House of Conservatives Committee that, although he appreciated their concerns, he was still there the best location to bring them to the next elections.

“I understand the anxieties of the people who triggered this vote. But I humbly tell you that this this is no time for domestic political drama and months and months of hesitation in the UK, “he said.

“This is the time for us to look up from the navel,” she said. “The people in this room have achieved the biggest conservative election victory in 40 years under my leadership,” he reminded them.

Johnson defended his conduct during the Downing Street party scandal. He said his participation in farewell parties, for which he was not fined, was thank the staff, and add: “I would do it again”.

Downing St announced Tuesday that it has no plans for ministerial change these days.

The problem facing the Conservative Party today is who can replace Boris Johnson.

His opponents Jeremy Hunt, Andrew Mitchell and Jesse Norman don’t have a lot of charisma. Two likely substitutes: Chancellor of Finance Rishi Sunak e Tom Tudendhat, a former colonel in the war in Afghanistan it will be used as a moral model.

Paris, correspondent

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