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Newsday: 06/06/2022 04:06 GMT : British PM survives confidence vote but suffers large rebellion

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06/06/2022 04:06 GMT : British PM survives confidence vote but suffers large rebellion

British PM survives confidence vote but suffers large rebellion

BBC World Service - Newsday, British PM survives confidence vote but suffers large rebellion

Boris Johnson won the vote with a margin of 211 to 148

Under the current rules, the PM cannot be challenged in a leadership vote again for 12 months.

There's heightened speculation in Britain about Boris Johnson's premiership after more than forty percent of MPs from the governing Conservative party opposed him in a confidence vote. 

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