There will be no change in leadership in the U.K. That'
because Prime Minister Boris Johnson, he survived that
no-confidence vote yesterday, securing enough supp
from within his Conservative Pa to stay on the job.
That's right for more on what this means, Laura Makin-Isd
joins us live from London, Laura, how is
Boris Johnson and other parliament members for that
matter reacting to this big vote Well, this morning, we
have seen the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson pretty
continuing as normal, he's tried to rally his troops,
his cabinet, his top team inside Downing Street,
basically saying to them, he wants to draw a line under
the issues that have marred his premiership over the
last few months. And focus he says on the issues that
he believes are of real importance to the public, the
cost of living crisis, the high energy costs that
people around the world are facing right now. But of
course, there are plenty of people, plenty of critics
who believe, even though Boris Johnson won this vote,
that actually there's been a lot of damage done to the
Conservative Party and also to his premiership. And
let's not forget when we compare this to the most
recent no confidence vote. Theresa May in 2018. She
also won that one, but actually resigned less than six
months later because she simply couldn't get her
policies through Parliament. So there are many people
wondering if there might be the same fate on the cards
for Boris Johnson and with the headlines in the
newspapers this morning using words like injured,
worried and that kind of language, it might take a bit
of effort from Boris Johnson to turn this rhetoric
around, even though he has weathered reputational
damage in the past. And speaking of that damage, that
really is the thing. Now, he is kind of a wounded
leader, know which no one wants to be. So, talk a
little bit more about the damage that you think has
been done and where does he go from here and ultimately,
what, what saved him Because it was a little bit of
mystery that this vote could have gone pretty easily
the other way. Yeah, absolutely But the thing is about
this vote that actually every mp that went into the
ballot box essentially was doing it privately, if they
weren't obliged to tell people if they were voting for
or against, despite a number of mps, of course, coming
out publicly and saying that they wanted the Prime
Minister to resign and four in 10 mps, I do believe
that Boris Johnson is not the right man for the job
anymore. Now, that must be quite troubling for him,
even though he is inside number 10, of course, you
would be concerned about the policies that you're
putting forward their if people are going to support
you moving forward. And so there will be plenty of
questions, not only in the wider party now, of course,
but also among his cabinet as to whether or not the
Prime Minister can continue and if there were to be
another general election, wheth he could lead them to
victory Briefly here, about 30 seconds or so, is that
normal for there to be a private vote Because usually
in the United States, if we have a vote on the
legislation, you get the senators or congressmen on the
record, is it normal to do things private Like did
Theresa May's uh no confidence would have the same
situation Yeah, it did. So this is part of a group of
mps within the Conservative party, only called the 1922
committee, basically, Mps can write to the chair of
that club and say that they're not sure that the Prime
Minister is the right man for the job. If it reaches
reaches a 15% threshold. In terms of the number of
letters that are given to him, then that triggers this
vote and every Mp is required essentially to vote in
And they don't have to tell anybody what they have sai
They might lie even openly in public about whether or
not they've supported or gone against the Prime
Minister. So it's all a bit of a who done it here as
well. It may be that members of his own cabinet have
voted against him and they sat around the table with
him today. So, the Prime Minister will be question
Who may well be his absolute allies and only his to
aides will know for sure how determined he is to stay
in number 10. And some people have argued we would get
more done Our Congress would get more done if they
could vote in senior political. Last question here,
was was really the big issue in this party gate. We've
had politicians America that have the same kind of
scandal here, kind of violating their own COVID rules
Was that really the crux of the issue in terms of why
support was turning against him or was it kind of just
the icing on the cake on top of other issues that
people just weren't pleased with him about Well, the
party gate scandal doesn't seem to be going away. Of
course, the Prime Minister is one of the first, I think
he's the only first actually correct myself there.
first Prime Minister in british history to receive a
fine from police for actions that have taken place
under their premiership. He's consistently said that he
doesn't believe that he broke any rules. Despite of
course that finally didn't knowingly break any rules
anyway. And that controversy is continuing to follow
him around. What pushed people over the edge this time
isn't quite clear. It could have been that it was sort
of a simmering momentum, but also they were pictures of
course that came out of the jubilee celebrations thi
weekend where Prime Minister Boris Johnson was going
into ST paul's cathedral for a thanksgiving service for
the queen and the crowd was booing him, could it be
that those pictures on friday were the ones that tipped
mps over the edge and allowed them basically to write
enough letters to the chair of the 1922 committee and
trigger this vote. We will never really know because
everything is kind of in private. But there has been a
lot of speculation surrounding Boris Johnson over the
last few weeks and months and he is hoping to move on
from this. But the question is, can his party in any
sense of how much confidence parliament has in hi
hairstyles just blend. You don't have to answer that
disappointed. Personal curiosit Lord making issue
would I have to say I haven't spoken to many mps abou
that. But you know, what do you think I look forward to
that report tomorrow Get back to us. Follow up. I
appreciate that. Lauren, thank you so much reporting
live today from London. Thanks. You're welcome