Boris Johnson wins vote of confidence after MPs vote on his future

Portsmouth South’s Labour MP Stephen Morgan, said it was time for the PM to go.

‘I think it is high time that the Tories catch up with public opinion,’ he said.

‘Today Conservative MPs need to look their constituents in the eyes and make a judgement call on whether or not they want a prime minister who respects the British people is honest and shows integrity or keeping this prime minister who has let our country down after all the sacrifices that they have made.’

Attorney General and Fareham MP, Suella Braverman says the PM has a long record of ‘defying expectations’ adding, MPs need to ‘get behind him and support him’.

She told Sky News: ‘A lot of people have undersetimated Boris Johnson.’

Boris Johnson does not believe he has broken the Ministerial Code of Conduct, Downing Street has said.

The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said Mr Johnson did not accept a claim by the Government’s anti-corruption tsar John Penrose that the Sue Gray report made clear he had violated the code and that he should resign.

“The Prime Minister addressed this last week. He set out his rationale on the code. Part of that involved correcting the parliamentary record at the earliest possible opportunity,” the spokesman said.

“The PM has set out his view in relation to the code and the fixed penalty notice that he received, both in terms of is overall response to Sue Gray but also addressing some of the points that were raised by Lord Geidt (the Prime Minister’s adviser on the code), last week.”

Boris Johnson will not be distracted from the business of government by the confidence vote by Tory MPs, Downing Street has said.

The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said: “The Prime Minister is firmly of the view that he will not be distracted from the key issues facing the UK and the world. That is illustrated by the call he had with (Ukrainian President) Zelensky this morning.

“Equally there are key domestic challenges – not least the Covid backlog, the cost-of-living pressures – I think he will be taking more action on in due course.”

Penny Mordaunt has insisted Boris Johnson has ‘always had’ her ‘loyalty’ as the embattled premier faces his own political D-Day today amid a vote of no confidence in Westminster.

The Portsmouth North MP spoke to The News at a D-Day memorial event in Portsmouth earlier.

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In trying to defend Boris Johns from Jeremy Hunt’s statement earlier, loyal support and culture secretary Nadine Dorries labeled the government’s own pandemic preparedness as ‘wanting and inadequate’

Jacob Rees-Mogg said that even if Boris Johnson wins by one vote it would be “enough” for him to have a mandate to continue as Prime Minister.

The Brexit opportunities minister said: “One is enough. That’s the rule in a democracy – if you win by one you win.”