Boris Johnson survives no-confidence vote but people say 'he's like cat with 9 lives'

dailystar.co.uk:

Prime Minister has won a vote of no confidence among Conservative MPs tonight meaning he will remain leader - even if half of Twitter think he's a cat with nine lives.

Johnson needed at least 180 Tory MPs to vote in his favour in the secret ballot, and he won by 211 with 148 voting against his leadership.This equates to 59% of Conservative MP's being in favour of Johnson, and 41% against.

When Theresa May won her own no-confidence vote in 2018, she won due to 68% of Conservatives being in favour of her - a stronger result than Johnson.

The Conservative Party's 1922 committee chairman Sir Graham Brady announced this morning (Monday, June 6) that the threshold for letters being sent to him by rebel MPs in favour of a vote had been reached.The 54 letters total was nearly reached two weeks ago, according to a source speaking exclusively to the Daily Star, but the tipping point was allegedly the booing of the PM during the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations over the weekend.Before the vote, a spokesman for the PM said: "Tonight is a chance to end months of speculation and allow the government to draw a line and move on, delivering on the people’s priorities.“The PM welcomes the opportunity to make his case to MPs and will remind them that when they’re united and focused on the issues that matter to voters there is no more formidable political force.”Despite winning, the PM's job looks set to remain on the line, as previous party leaders to face no confidence votes have all left the role within a few years – from John Major and Margaret Thatcher to Theresa May.An early General Election had been mooted, with talks of it being held as soon as July being on the cards – but it is officially scheduled for around January, 2025,.