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Boris Johnson: what the result of the confidence vote means for the PM and the Conservative Party

The verdict is in. Boris Johnson retains the confidence of the Conservative Party. For now. Johnson received the votes of 211 out of 359 Tory MPs in support of his leadership, which means that technically he won. But the fact that 148 of his parliamentary colleagues voted against him, more…

The Conversation · Jun 6, 2022

Tory leaders who faced leadership vote and what happened to them

Boris Johnson isn't the first Conservative Prime Minister to face a no-confidence vote. Here we look at others and how they fared

Chronicle Live · Jun 6, 2022

Prime ministers who've faced no-confidence vote - when was the last one?

A no-confidence vote has the power to reduce a prime minister to tears in public. Boris Johnson now faces the judgement of his own MPs and is not the first to be in this position

Daily Mirror · Jun 6, 2022

How previous Tory leaders have fared in confidence votes or challenges

There have been a number of votes faced by Conservative Party leaders over the last few decades.

The Independent UK · Jun 6, 2022

I may be wrong but I think Boris Johnson is done for. I can’t see his Tory cult surviving

Polls show he’s increasingly reviled and his party’s attempts to counterattack are chaotic. The end feels nigh, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK · Jun 6, 2022

70 years on and UK still mistakenly looks for economic miracle cure

During Queen’s reign, country has tended to move quickly from national gloom to premature belief that it has finally ‘cracked it’

The Guardian - UK · Jun 5, 2022

The Queen in culture: how art puts a public face to a private life

She has appeared in plays, novels, paintings – even love songs. From Andy Warhol to Alan Bennett, artists, writers and musicians have changed our picture of the Queen we think we know

The Guardian - UK · Jun 5, 2022

Whether we’re republican or monarchist, we secretly know the Queen still defines this nation

As an American who became a British citizen, I can see the monarchy is an anachronism, but without it I would be living in an unrecognisable place

The Guardian - UK · Jun 5, 2022

‘We want a queen who is like a parent’: Observer writers down the decades on the monarch’s reign

A selection of this newspaper’s writing about the monarch since she became queen when, as the fashion editor wrote, ‘surprise is an undesired quality’

The Guardian - UK · Jun 5, 2022

Police release CCTV in hunt for Margaret Thatcher statue vandals

Officers ask for help to identify pair seen near statue at time of first paint-throwing incident

The Independent UK · Jun 4, 2022