Boris Johnson on Monday night survived a bruising confidence vote, but his victory by 211 to 148 in a ballot of Tory MPs left him badly damaged and exposed the scale of the division and animosity in his party.
The result means that 41 per cent of Johnson’s MPs wanted to oust the prime minister. The revolt was more serious than Downing Street had expected and leaves his authority badly damaged.
Johnson told MPs his victory would end months of speculation about his future and he would now be able to focus fully on policy delivery, holding out the prospect of future tax cuts.
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