if the west supplies long range weapons. a public inquiry into allegations of abuse at a hospital for vulnerable adults in county antrim is getting under way in belfast. the chaos for travellers continues, with more cancelled flights announced today. and coming up on the bbc news channel, five more new faces in the england rugby camp, whilejonny may earns a recall ahead of next month s tour of australia. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one, live from downing street. sounds like a protest has struck up at the sounds like a protest has struck up at the gates, there was booing a few moments at the gates, there was booing a few moments ago, white, not entirely clear moments ago, white, not entirely clear who moments ago, white, not entirely clear who that was aimed at. this evening, borisjohnson will face a vote of confidence in his leadership by conservative mps. if he loses, he will stand down as prime minister. it follows anger over sue gray s report detai
if he s to leave office. the former foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, has said he ll vote against the prime minister. i m victoria derbyshire, we are live on college green this afternoon in front of the palace of westminster. we will bring you the latest and get reaction from conservative mps to the vote this evening, and ask them how they are going to vote. wherever you are in the country, as a voter, let me know what you think about this confidence vote in the prime minister this evening. hello and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister borisjohnson will tonight face a vote of confidence in his leadership by conservative mps. if he loses, he will stand down as party leader. it follows anger over sue gray s report detailing lockdown rule breaking in downing street. let s cross straight to college green in westminster now and my colleague victoria derbyshire. thank you, rebecca. let s talk about the dramatic events of this morning. at about 6:30am my colleague helen catt was o
in the next hour, before conservative mps go into that committee room, and place their votes in a secret ballot we will be talking to some of them in the run up. good afternoon. the prime minister borisjohnson has addressed conservative mps to try and convince them to back him in a vote of confidence this evening. in an hours time, tory mps will start voting on whether they want mrjohnson to be replaced. he s been under increasing pressure following the publication of a report which looked into parties at downing street which broke covid rules. a vote of confidence was triggered after some conservative mps handed in letters calling on the pm to resign to sir graham brady, the chairman of an influential group of backbench mps, called the 1922 committee. for a vote to be held, at least 15% of conservative mps need to write a letter that works out at 5a. let s cross straight to college green in westminster now and my colleague victoria derbyshire: it s been a dramatic day and it
which swung to the tories in the last general election. so how are the people feeling about the leader they supported? are the winds of change blowing? not necessarily. i think under the circumstances, i don t think there s anyone could have done any better. so if borisjohnson walks down redcar high street now, would you boo or cheer him? cheer him. you still think he is doing a good job? yes, and so the anger at him with that, was. ..you know. you were angry with him over partygate. yes, because i couldn t be with my parents who died. and the bigger picture, you would probably still back him next time round, as things stand at the moment. as things stand, i would. and you think his mps should back him tonight. yes, i do, yes. because like i keep saying, there is no alternative to him. it s by no means unanimous though. they watch what goes on in westminsterfrom here. this woman voted for borisjohnson last time, but won t again.
red meat policies. thank you, gentlemen. thank red meat policies. thank you, gentlemen. thank you, i red meat policies. thank you, gentlemen. thank you, tim i red meat policies. thank you, i gentlemen. thank you, tim stanley and leon emirali. we are going to say goodbye to bbc world viewers. now we ll hear from our correspondent in redcar, danny savage, who has been talking voters there. redcar, traditionally a labour area which swung to the tories in the last general election. so how are the people feeling about the leader they supported? are the winds of change blowing? not necessarily. i think under the circumstances, i don t think there s anyone who could have done any better. so if borisjohnson walks down redcar high street now, would you boo or cheer him? cheer him. you still think he is doing a good job? yes. and so the anger at him with that, was. - the party thing. ..you know. you were angry with him over partygate? yes, because i couldn t bej with my parents who died. and t