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The rocky road ahead for Boris Johnson

Britain鈥檚 Prime Minister narrowly wins a confidence vote from his own party. But how much longer can he hang on?

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson this week narrowly survived a confidence vote within his own party, but more than 40% of Conservative Members of Parliament thought he should go. His premiership has come under pressure after investigations into parties in Downing Street during pandemic lockdowns concluded he broke the rules he introduced. His government was elected in December 2019 with a large mandate to 鈥済et Brexit done鈥 and his supporters insist that only he can hold the party together and deliver victory in the next election. But given the large number of Tory MPs who now think he鈥檚 an electoral liability rather than an asset, will Mr Johnson be able to survive and govern? And what will Boris Johnson staying on in Number 10 mean for the UK and its place in the world?

Presenter: Ritula Shah
Producer: Ellen Otzen and Paul Schuster

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49 minutes

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Sat 11 Jun 2022 14:06GMT

Contributors

Tim Montgomerie - Founder of the Conservative成人快手 website and a former special adviser to Prime Minister Boris Johnson

Rachel Sylvester - Columnist with The Times newspaper and presenter of the podcast 'Past Imperfect'

Andrew Gimson - Author of a number of books on the Prime Minister, including the upcoming 鈥楤oris Johnson: Portrait of a Troublemaker at Number 10鈥

Also featuring 鈥

Bronwen Maddox - Director of the Institute for Government, a London-based think tank

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street in London on April 27, 2022 - Credit: Toby Melville/Reuters

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