An injured Boris Johnson lost the support of more than four out of ten of his MPs last night as he narrowly survived a vote of confidence in his leadership.
The Prime Minister avoided trying to remove him from office by 63 votes after 148 MPs defied his warnings that a vote against would be given to Labor in the next election.
The vote exposed deep fractures within the Conservative Party that will pose a continuing threat to Johnson’s authority as he tries to lead the party in the next election.
Boris Johnson survives the vote of confidence
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The margin of her victory is less than that granted to Theresa May in January 2019. She was removed seven months after her vote of confidence. Johnson