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Government "Anti-Corruption Tsar" quits in disgust before no-confidence vote this evening
As the post-jubilee hangovers kick in, this is a great way to start off a day when we may see a no-confidence vote against Johnson carried in the Commons:
Link to tweet
John Penrose
@JohnPenroseNews
I’m sorry to have to resign as the PM’s Anti-Corruption Tsar but, after his reply last week about the Ministerial Code, it’s pretty clear he has broken it. That’s a resigning matter for me, and it should be for the PM too. Here’s my letter to him explaining why.
@JohnPenroseNews
I’m sorry to have to resign as the PM’s Anti-Corruption Tsar but, after his reply last week about the Ministerial Code, it’s pretty clear he has broken it. That’s a resigning matter for me, and it should be for the PM too. Here’s my letter to him explaining why.
Official: PM to face vote of confidence today
Sir Graham Brady, the chairman of the 1922 Committee, has announced the 54-letter threshold for triggering a vote of confidence on the PM's leadership has now been breached.
The vote will take place this evening between 6pm and 8pm. The votes will be counted immediately afterwards but it is currently unclear exactly when the result will be announced.
Sir Graham said in a statement: "The threshold of 15 per cent of the parliamentary party seeking a vote of confidence in the leader of the Conservative Party has been exceeded.
“In accordance with the rules, a ballot will be held between 1800 and 2000 TODAY MONDAY 6th JUNE — details to be confirmed.
“The votes will be counted immediately afterwards. An announcement will be made at a time to be advised. Arrangements for the announcement will be released later today.”
Live updates here (none of them good news for Johnson so far): https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/06/06/boris-johnson-news-confidence-vote-partygate-tory-mps/
Sir Graham Brady, the chairman of the 1922 Committee, has announced the 54-letter threshold for triggering a vote of confidence on the PM's leadership has now been breached.
The vote will take place this evening between 6pm and 8pm. The votes will be counted immediately afterwards but it is currently unclear exactly when the result will be announced.
Sir Graham said in a statement: "The threshold of 15 per cent of the parliamentary party seeking a vote of confidence in the leader of the Conservative Party has been exceeded.
“In accordance with the rules, a ballot will be held between 1800 and 2000 TODAY MONDAY 6th JUNE — details to be confirmed.
“The votes will be counted immediately afterwards. An announcement will be made at a time to be advised. Arrangements for the announcement will be released later today.”
Live updates here (none of them good news for Johnson so far): https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/06/06/boris-johnson-news-confidence-vote-partygate-tory-mps/