ijust think that i just think that given the mood of the public, that the cabinet would go and tell the prime minister that the gig is up. make a prediction, we are going to have a new leader of the conservative party by the party this year. i m geeta guru murthy live in westminster where we ll be bringing you the latest reaction to the vote. three police officers in the us state of arizona have been put on leave after they stood by and watched a homeless man drowning. the family of a british geologist jailed for 15 years in iraq for attempting to remove historial artefacts says they are shocked by the punishment saying it amounts to a death sentence. and england manager gareth southgate says racist abuse aimed at england players during the euro 2020 penalty shoot out, is a factor when it comes to choosing who ll take spot kicks.
staying for the time being. for the moment i accept the democratic outcome, i encourage all colleagues to do the same, but two in five of us did not express support for the prime minister. they, we, now need to feel included in shaping the party s future. the conduct of the last couple of days was far from civil and illustrates there is work to be done to unite the party. i mean, jacob rees mogg describing this. you know, spinning this as a remain plot. this tactic to mislead and deliberately distract, it shows a worrying grasp of the concerns of 150 colleagues from across the party, all wings of the party, about the direction, the vision of the party. we can and must do better than this. and we ve just got this response from former cabinet minister andrea leadsom who voted against the pm last night is this the beginning of the end of the borisjohnson? i think he has won the vote comprehensively.
and that s the tories will be forced to get behind him? i and that s the tories will be forced to get behind him? and that s the tories will be forced to get behind him? i don t think the -a will to get behind him? i don t think the party will calm to get behind him? i don t think the party will calm down to get behind him? i don t think the party will calm down and to get behind him? i don t think the party will calm down and the i to get behind him? i don t think the i party will calm down and the problem for burros is that he can t change. character is fate and where as i thought when i wrote my biography two years ago, that he would be a very successful mayor of london and he would learn the lessons. he clearly hasn t. i don t think he is a person who actually understands his own faults and weaknesses and doesn t listen to those seriously who try to explain it to him. i think he has had lots of opportunities to change butjust relaunching a policy on housing isn t going to ma
ijust hope that given the mood of the public, the vote we ve had here tonight, that the cabinet would go and tell the prime minister that in steve baker s words, the gig s up. i ll make a prediction. we re going to have a new prime minister, a new leader of the conservative party, by party conference this year. labour and other opposition parties seized on the vote as evidence of a divided party in government. the conservative party had a decision to make to show some backbone or to back borisjohnson. they have ignored the british public and hitched themselves and their party firmly to borisjohnson and everything that he represents. boris johnson is now safe from any further votes of confidence for a year under his party s rules, but he s emerged from this test looking far from secure. jonathan blake, bbc news.
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