Now on bbc news, wednesday in parliament. Hello there, and welcome to wednesday in parliament, where theresa may bows out to applause at the end of her last pmqs. And that duty, to serve my constituents, will remain my greatest motivation. Applause. But there are reservations about her successor. Outgoing american president s get to pardon anybody they want. If she could, would she pardon her successor for sabotaging her premiership . Also on this programme, urgent action after an extraordinary decline in safety at Feltham Young 0ffenders institution. And ahead of borisjohnsons giant reshuffle, the business secretary is told he wont be forgotten. And he shouldnt worry, because there will always be a parking space in my heart for him. But first, theresa may has resigned as Prime Minister, handing over thejob to the newly elected conservative leader, borisjohnson. Theresa may made a final appearance outside number ten, alongside her husband philip. She said to serve as Prime Minister was
the leadership to break those rules. the past leadership to break those rules. in the past hour, the leader of the scottish conservatives set the prime minister position is untenable and says he will vote against it. boris johnson will meet the backing of 180 of his mps if he is to stay leader of the conservative party. today he told both mps he would win for them again as he met them in a private meeting. the hour began an hour ago. six p:m.. it will continue all the way through until 8pm so we have another hour to go. then they would be an hour of counting. we are expecting the result at nine p:m.. we do know which way some of those mps are voting and we will bring you the latest from the house of parliament. conservative mps hold boris johnson s future in their hands voting is under way etc they are voting right now on let that they have confidence in him and whether they want to remove him as leader of the party and whether they want to keep them. in recent months the p
the remarkable victory he got when he called that general election having ousted theresa may. i gather she voted in a ball gown this evening, i think the irony won t be lost on her. i think since we thought we d be marched up the hill, and borisjohnson seems to be accusing the media, he says it s media lead, my feeling across the country speaking to everyday people, and i had one woman approached me next to the thames and say to me she doesn t like liars. i m reporting right next to that covid wall where you see all kinds of hearts and names and people who died who had respected lockdown. i think it s a countrywide thing. also worth saying, borisjohnson denies lying about the parties in downing street. he said some things that were wrong, but he thought they were true at the time. you must have had a few days this week talking to france about the uk, with this happening now and thejubilee before it. it is quite remarkable going from covering the head of state, which is the 96
answer was yes. to and only 211 people agreed that the answer was yes. and only 211 people agreed that the answer was yes. to inform you we are awaiting for answer was yes. to inform you we are awaiting for a answer was yes. to inform you we are awaiting for a clip answer was yes. to inform you we are awaiting for a clip from answer was yes. to inform you we are awaiting for a clip from boris - awaiting for a clip from boris johnson who has given his reaction of dentistry and it will bring you that of course as soon as it lands. the reporting in the telegraph today was it was memo doing the rounds on a conservative what set republican with some of those numbers that you have just been pointing with some of those numbers that you havejust been pointing out with some of those numbers that you have just been pointing out and clearly there is concern among some of those with a majority of less than 10,000. the mitt question is to the public take note of events like this