leadership mandate, they said, and it was time to move forward. i think it s a convincing result, a decisive forward. i think it s a convincing result, a decisive result, - forward. i think it s a convincing result, a decisive result, and i forward. i think it s a convincing i result, a decisive result, and what it means is that as a government we can move on and focus on the stuff that i think really matters. as the votes were cast at westminster this evening, and after the result, the rebels said that things had now changed fundamentally. i hadn t expected more than a third of the i hadn t expected more than a third of the parliamentary party expressing no confidence in the prime expressing no confidence in the prime minister, but it is severely damaging prime minister, but it is severely damaging for him and his reputation. we will damaging for him and his reputation. we will have the latest from westminster tonight, from downing street, on what the result means f
the duke and duchess of sussex have shared a photograph of their daughter lilibet to mark her first birthday. the picture was taken by the couple s close family friend, misan harriman, at a birthday picnic at frogmore cottage in windsor. the celebration was attended by family and close friends this weekend. back to downing street let s return to that news tonight. the vote of confidence at the prime minister, and the result which chris mason, our political editor, was telling us earlier was a bit of a shock to the prime minister pours my own team. he did win, but i suppose onlyjust come in relative terms. what are people telling you now about the prime minister pulls my own future? two things, i think. historical context first, to put the numbers into some context tonight. both theresa may and john major faced confidence vote and a smaller proportion of their mps at the time, in the mid 90s then a couple of years ago, voted against them. theresa may was gone within six months
what did they say? reporter: well, they admitted there were mistakes but refused to say he was a fake, essentially saying the reason for all of this confusion is that the interpreter was speaking in a different dialect, however, this minister in the cabinet did say that they were trying to investigate the security vetting procedures, and they had tracked the company from which they had hired him, however, the minister, the deputy minister did say that the people who worked for this company had vanished into thin here and that s a direct quote. i mean, we ve heard from people in the south african deaf community who said that this wasn t just a different dialect, that even the words, the names of, you know, nelson mandela or oliver tambo, he didn t know, he didn t use facial expressions. the government says the company has been providing substandard services for years.
trying to investigate the security vetting procedures, and they had tracked the company from which they had hired him, however, the minister, the deputy minister did say that the people who worked for this company had vanished into thin here and that s a direct quote. i mean, we ve heard from people in the south african deaf community who said that this wasn t just a different dialect, that even the words, the names of, you know, nelson mandela or oliver tambo, he didn t know, he didn t use facial expressions. the government says the company has been providing substandard services for years. did they say why they hired this man? no, there seems to be a lot of blaming going on. the government not giving answers where this minister was speaking really probably also confused a lot of us more than
today. what did they say? reporter: well, they admitted that there had been mistakes, but they refused to say he was a fake. essentially saying the reason for all of this confusion is that the interpreter was speaking in a different dialect, however, this minister in the cabinet did say that they were trying to investigate the security vetting procedures, and they had tracked the company from which they had hired him, however, the minister, the deputy minister did say that the people who worked for this company had vanished into thin here and that s a direct quote. i mean, we ve heard from people in the south african deaf community who said that this wasn t just a different dialect, that even the words, the names of, you know, nelson mandela or oliver tambo, the signs for those names, he didn t use or