the former conservative leader william hague says borisjohnson has experienced a greater level of rejection than any of his predecessors and should now resign. deep inside, he should recognise that, and turn his mind to getting out in a way that spares party and country such agonies and uncertainties. william hague calling for an honourable exit for borisjohnson, honourable exit for boris johnson, we ve spoken to people like george osborne who says the prime minister is determined to stay in power more than most, and the likelihood of him leaving voluntarily, well many of the servers say that is slim. the conservative mp tobias ellwood , who chairs the defence select committee , was one of those who voted for mrjohnson to go. he said those who voted against borisjohnson needed to accept he would be
time he goes into prime minister s questions, he will know that four in ten of his mps don t think he is the job, they re talking about the things they can do to push the agenda forward, economic drive housing, is heading into difficult times, the bank of england has said there is a possible reception, possible 10% inflation, and for a prime minister with a divided party thatis prime minister with a divided party that is a difficult place to be. this is one of these constituencies that they call red wall constituencies, ever since just
spoke to him earlier iam not i am not surprised by the extent of the rebellion against boris, but i am not surprised by his refusal to go. he is a man who fights for survival. the whole of this government is now based on the survival of borisjohnson are not so much on the fate of britain. he will refuse to go until his own flame throwers come in and burn him out. i think it is defiance and the party s misfortune is that they haven t got a realistic alternative. there is no one else who could be the alternative new by minister full stop prime minister. iie the alternative new by minister full stop prime minister. stop prime minister. he is talking of stop prime minister. he is talking of a stop prime minister. he is talking of a relaunch - stop prime minister. he is talking of a relaunch to i stop prime minister. he is talking of a relaunch to somej talking of a relaunch to some degree, with fresh policies. is it possible that it is quite difficult to force the prime
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in their leader. speaking after the vote, borisjohnson said the result was extremely good, convincing and decisive, adding, what it means is as a government we can move on and focus on the stuff that i think really matters to people. we ll be bringing you the reaction throughout this morning s programme. let s go to geeta who s at college green in westminster for you. this morning s newspapers in the uk have been pretty damning including the conservative backing ones. the language like dead man walking doing the rounds, the defeat was heavier than expected people asking if boris johnson is a lame duck prime minister, because he has lost about three quarters of the backbench mps in his own party. those who don t work for the government, that are notjunior ministers, that don t work in the cabinet. most of the people sitting behind him at prime minister s questions do not support