Rebellious Tories have been told to withdraw their letters of no-confidence in Boris Johnson amid fears a leadership challenge may be triggered before his potential successors are ready. More than 45 MPs have publically criticised Mr Johnson.
Rebellious Tories have been told to withdraw their letters of no-confidence inamid fears a leadership challenge may be triggered before his potential successors are ready.
In order to trigger a confidence vote, 54 letters from Conservative MPs must be submitted to the chairman of the 1922 Committee, Sir Graham Brady. But it is not known how many letters have actually been submitted to Sir Graham so far. The figure will only be made public when the threshold has been reached.
They are reportedly holding off until then to avoid overshadowing the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations which will conclude on Sunday.However, those plotting his downfall are allegedly also conflicted over the when the best time to force a vote is, with some concerned would-be successors haven’t had enough time to gather the 180 votes needed to defeat Mr Johnson in a leadership challenge.
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