Boris Johnson is facing a no-confidence vote from his own MPs. On Monday, June 6, between 6pm and 8pm, the 359 Conservative MPs elected to the House of Commons will all get to cast a vote as to whether they think he should remain as leader. At least 180 MPs would have to vote against him for him to lose his post as party leader.
The threshold of 15% of his MPs who wanted a vote, which is 54 MPs, was confirmed to have been met on Monday morning. If Mr Johnson loses he will be forced to stand down as Prime Minister. Mr Johnson will speak to his party's MPs at 4pm on Monday and the vote is from 6pm. In a letter to MPs sent on Monday Mr Johnson has said now is the "moment to draw a line under the issues our opponents want us to talk about about – and to focus instead on what really matters: the needs of the voters who sent us to Westminster". His letter repeats his comments about the success of the Covid vaccine programme, the support the UK has shown Ukraine, and also quotes his controversial "migration partnership" with Rwanda.
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