Сhair of the backbench 1922 Committee Graham Brady has announced that there will be a vote of no confidence held in UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday, between 6pm and 8pm in the House of Commons.
According to Brady, "the threshold of 15% of the parliamentary party seeking a vote of confidence in the leader of the Conservative Party has been exceeded".
He added that "details will be confirmed" and "the votes will be counted immediately afterwards".
When earlier asked when the threshold had been passed, Brady said, “It’s complicated, as some colleagues asked specifically that it should not be until the end of the [Queen’s Platinum] Jubilee celebrations.”
A No 10 spokesperson, in turn, stated that “tonight is a chance to end months of speculation and allow the government to draw a line and move on, delivering on the people’s priorities”.
“The PM [Boris Johnson] welcomes the opportunity to make his case to MPs and will remind them that when they’re united and focused on the issues that matter to voters there is no more formidable political force”, the spokesperson stressed.
The Sunday Times reported last week that Brady had already received 67 letter of no confidence, while a total of 54 such letters (15 percent of the Conservative Party's 359 MPs) are needed for Johnson to face a confidence vote in a secret ballot. If BoJo fails to win the support of a majority of MPs in the vote, he will be forced to resign.
