UK PM Johnson survives Tory MPs' no-confidence vote

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday survived a vote of no confidence from his own Conservative MPs but with his position weakened after a sizeable number refused to back him.

LONDON - "As a government we can move on and focus on the stuff that really matters," he told reporters.

Defeat would have meant an end to his time as party leader and prime minister until a replacement was found in an internal leadership contest. The vote dominated British newspaper front pages Tuesday, with The Times describing Johnson as "A wounded victor" and pointing out that his margin of victory was less than that of his predecessor May, who was ousted months later.

"This is not the moment for a leisurely and entirely unforced domestic political drama and months and months of vacillation from the UK," he told Tory MPs, according to a senior party source. Ex-cabinet member Jeremy Hunt, who lost to Johnson in the last leadership contest in 2019 and is expected to run again if Johnson is deposed, confirmed he would vote against him.

 

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