What happens if there is a vote of no confidence in Boris Johnson and how would it be triggered?
13.04.2022 - 00:33
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Boris Johnson has been fined for attending his own birthday party in the Cabinet Room during Covid lockdown. The prime minister is among the latest raft of event attendees fined by the Met Police, along with his wife Carrie Johnson and the chancellor Rishi Sunak.
He is now facing repeated calls to step down as prime minister. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, a former director of public prosecutions, urged Mr Johnson to resign as he noted that the police’s decision marked the “first time in the history of our country that a prime minister has been found to be in breach of the law".
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey said we are now seeing "a government in crisis neglecting a country in crisis". He said: “Parliament must be recalled for a vote of no confidence in the Prime Minister.”
Mr Johnson confirmed he has paid his fine as he offered an apology for the "mistake". He said it “did not occur” to him that the gathering in the Cabinet Room on June 19 in 2020 to mark his 56th birthday was a violation of coronavirus rules.
Facing reporters at his country estate Chequers today, Mr Johnson was asked whether the would resign. “I have, of course, paid the FPN and I apologise once again for the mistake that I made," he said. "I want to be able to get on and deliver the mandate that I have, but also to tackle the problems that the country must face right now and to make sure that we get on with delivering for the people in this country. That is my priority," he said.
However, if the prime minister refuses to resign over the matter, Tory MPs may be able to force him out by holding a vote of no confidence.
If just 15 per cent of Conservative MPs write to the chair of the backbench 1922 Committee saying they no longer have
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