With 54 letters of no confidence required to trigger a vote, the sheer weight of numbers was against the prime minister. 01:08 Boris Johnson to face no confidence vote, Graham Brady announces – videoEven if Johnson wins the confidence of MPs on Monday evening, as he expects to, the plummet from grace has been extraordinary. It is just three and a half years since the Conservatives forced their last vote of no confidence on their leader. Since then Johnson won the Tory leadership with the landslide backing of the parliamentary party and of party members. The odds are still on for the prime minister to convince the majority of MPs to keep him.

Source: The Guardian June 07, 2022 05:15 UTC