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21-01-2022, 09:39 AM
By JILL LAWLESS
yesterday
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who has been tarnished by allegations that he and his staff held lockdown-breaching parties during the coronavirus pandemic.
If Johnson does not heed calls to resign — and he insists he won’t — he could be toppled through a no-confidence vote.
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A no-confidence vote in the party leader is triggered if 15% of Conservative lawmakers — currently 54 — write a letter to Graham Brady, head of a powerful group of Conservative legislators known as the 1922 Committee.
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Letters can be delivered in person, by post or by email, and no one but Brady knows how many letters he has already received.
If Brady receives 54 letters, he will call a no-confidence vote, to be held within hours or days, in which all 359 Tory legislators can cast secret ballots. Johnson would need 180 votes to win. If he gets that many votes, there could not be another challenge for a year.
If Johnson loses, he would resign and a party leadership contest would be held in which he would be barred from running. He would remain party leader and prime minister until a replacement is chosen.
Read the full explainer on the leadership contest and possible contestants here: https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-p...393ca0539f
yesterday
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who has been tarnished by allegations that he and his staff held lockdown-breaching parties during the coronavirus pandemic.
If Johnson does not heed calls to resign — and he insists he won’t — he could be toppled through a no-confidence vote.
......
A no-confidence vote in the party leader is triggered if 15% of Conservative lawmakers — currently 54 — write a letter to Graham Brady, head of a powerful group of Conservative legislators known as the 1922 Committee.
......
Letters can be delivered in person, by post or by email, and no one but Brady knows how many letters he has already received.
If Brady receives 54 letters, he will call a no-confidence vote, to be held within hours or days, in which all 359 Tory legislators can cast secret ballots. Johnson would need 180 votes to win. If he gets that many votes, there could not be another challenge for a year.
If Johnson loses, he would resign and a party leadership contest would be held in which he would be barred from running. He would remain party leader and prime minister until a replacement is chosen.
Read the full explainer on the leadership contest and possible contestants here: https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-p...393ca0539f
