Defiant Boris Johnson would refuse to quit if he lost no confidence vote
The earliest a no-confidence vote could be held is September 4, the day after summer recess ends.
Catherine Haddon, a senior fellow at the Institute for Government think tank, said that under the Fixed term Parliament Act, Boris is under no obligation to resign.: “The onus is on the incumbent prime minister — they get to choose whether they resign. A vote of no confidence is seen by Remainer MPs as one of their last chances to block a no-deal Brexit.Downing Street told them they could not pick and choose the votes they respected.He added: “The parliamentary arithmetic did not play out as I anticipated.
A vote of no confidence is an opportunity for MPs to decide whether they want a government to continue.Only if the leader of the opposition, in this case Jeremy Corbyn, introduces the motion would there would be a debate.
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