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Theresa May survives confidence vote [View all]
Tories infighting again, with a failed attempt to oust Theresa May by Jacob Rees-Mogg and company
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-46547246?fbclid=IwAR1l_nd0T5jR0n-eILA-Y-qJVz9jLm1c2D_v9CWkUKqHhWB40RWq1WBv4nk
Prime Minister Theresa May has won a vote of confidence in her leadership of the Conservative Party by 200 to 117.
Mrs May is now immune from a leadership challenge for a year. But the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg said the result was "not at all comfortable" for the prime minister and a "real blow" to her authority.
Mrs May won the confidence vote with a majority of 83, with 63% of Conservative MPs backing her and 37% voting against her.
The confidence vote was triggered by 48 of her MPs angry at her Brexit policy, which they say betrays the 2016 referendum result.
Mrs May is now immune from a leadership challenge for a year. But the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg said the result was "not at all comfortable" for the prime minister and a "real blow" to her authority.
Mrs May won the confidence vote with a majority of 83, with 63% of Conservative MPs backing her and 37% voting against her.
The confidence vote was triggered by 48 of her MPs angry at her Brexit policy, which they say betrays the 2016 referendum result.
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