Boris Johnson To Face No Confidence Vote Today

The BBC reports:

Conservative MPs will decide whether to remove Boris Johnson from office later, amid a backlash to the Partygate scandal. The secret ballot has been triggered by scores of Tory MPs writing to party bosses calling on the PM to quit.

Anger among backbenchers has been rising since Sue Gray published her official report into lockdown parties in No 10 last month.

Cabinet ministers have been rallying round Mr Johnson ahead of the vote. If most Tory MPs vote to express no confidence in him, he will be ousted from office and a contest will be held to replace him as Tory leader and PM.

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The vote on Boris Johnson’s leadership will take place in the House of Commons between 18.00 and 20.00, with a result expected shortly afterhttps://t.co/mx6W2jYyg5

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?️Boris Johnson will need to secure 180 votes this evening in order to survive as Prime Minister.

There are 359 Tory MPs and 180 is half that number plus onehttps://t.co/FAzKzltnIk pic.twitter.com/XsrZx5VFLz

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