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i think it s a convincing result, a decisive result and what it means is that, as a, as a government we can move on and focus on stuff that i think really matters. also in the programme: ukraine s president zelenskyy visits frontline troops in the donbas. and high income countries are still too slow in redistributing covid i9 vaccines. a stark warning from new zealand s former prime minister. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. the british prime minister, borisjohnson, has survived a confidence vote brought by members of parliament from his own party. 148 conservativecmps voted against him. 211 said they wanted mrjohnson to stay in office. he s faced months of criticism after it emerged that events had been held at government offices in downing street during coronavirus lockdowns. under the current rules, mrjohnson cannot be challenged in a leadership vote again for a year. our political editor chris mas ....
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Unhappiness with doris johnson. for some, unhappiness with dorisjohnson. forsome, it s unhappiness with dorisjohnson. for some, it s the economy. they want tax cuts. some of been sacked or overlooked for promotion. some talk about his character, saying he lacks integrity and leadership skills but most will be making very simplejudgement. is he still a vote winnerfor the vote winner for the conservatives? borisjohnson conservatives? boris johnson was conservatives? borisjohnson was never going to an overall the critics and his party but he hopes the victory tonight silenced them for now. i spoke tojon tonge, a professor of politics at the university of liverpool for his take on borisjohnson s win. it wasn t a convincing win for borisjohnson. a win is a win in one sense and under the rules under which they cannot be a leadership challenge for a year, borisjohnson is safe but in the world of real politics this ....
Party leader. you need to step aside. but the message of it coming back loud and clear from borisjohnson and his friends this evening, is, look, i have one, under the rules of the game, i am entitled to carry on as leader, you cannot challenge me again for another year and it s now time to forget what has gone on in the past, move forward and borisjohnson will try and reshape the political agenda in his direction. if he can hold on until the parliamentary recess over the summer, he has a chance. the difficulty he has is that issues such as his conduct in 10 downing street, the so called partygate affair, that is not going to go away because there is still one commons committee, one house of commons committee that is inquiring into whether borisjohnson misled parliament in that respect. right. professor tonge, a very quick question. the labour leader keir starmer said the conservative party was popping up mrjohnson in spite of popular opinion. how will he be viewing these developments? ....
Was not a convincing win, it was actually the worst performance in any conservative leader who has been subject to a vote of confidence from within his or her own party, it s the worst performance than boris johnson s predecessor theresa may achieved and theresa may did not last long in that office thereafter so borisjohnson is still under an immense amount of pressure. in many ways, the vote has solved nothing this evening and borisjohnson really, can he now lead the conservatives into an election when four in every ten of his own mps say they do not want him? his position is very precarious but if ever there was a political escapologist, it is indeed borisjohnson. professor tonge, we have seen in the past where prime ministers have survived a vote of confidence but then having to step down in the long run. is that a scenario you predict could also be a reality for boris johnson? yes, i think the conservative mps who voted against borisjohnson will still be putting pressure upon him t ....