Rebel Conservatives have given Boris Johnson until the party conference to change direction, saying rules could be altered to allow another challenge, as Dominic Raab called for the “democratic result” of the vote to be respected. Under current party rules, Johnson should be safe from a challenge for a year but rules can be changed by the backbench executive of the 1922 Committee. Speaking on LBC, he said: “Byelections are often an opportunity for a protest vote in a way that a general election isn’t. “While Johnson has survived the night, the damage done to his premiership is severe,” he wrote in the Times. Deep inside, he should recognise that, and turn his mind to getting out in a way that spares party and country such agonies and uncertainties.”

Source: The Guardian June 08, 2022 00:21 UTC