Posted on 06/26/2016 10:31:47 AM PDT by orchestra
In the middle of this transformation is none other than Boris Johnson, the leader of the successful "Leave" campaign, who however has cause to celebrate tonight because according to the Sunday Times, the former London mayor has won the backing of a key colleague to replace David Cameron as prime minister. Justice minister Michael Gove, who together with Johnson led the "Leave" campaign, called Johnson on Saturday to say he would back him for the leadership of the ruling Conservative Party, Reuters added.
The Sunday Times said interior minister Theresa May was expected to enter the leadership contest in the coming days and was likely to get support from allies of Cameron who see her as the best candidate to take on Johnson, a former London mayor.
May supported the "Remain" campaign but took a lower profile than Cameron and finance minister George Osborne, whose hopes of becoming the party's next leader took a big blow with the outcome of the referendum.
One also wonders what, if any role, Nigel Farage will hold in the new cabinet: after all, if it weren;'t for the UKIP in last year's elections, David Cameron would have never called the Referendum which has since cost him his job and the UK's presence in the EU. For him to be omitted from any key position would be a massive oversight, and significant gamble, on the part of the Conservative Party.
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We can’t put anything past the globalists. If they think they can get away with just ignoring the Brexit vote, they absolutely will!
Thanks for this!
In addition to an up or down, “Resolved, this House have no confidence in Her Majesty’s government”, there are other motions which are “no confidence” equivalents, the budget, for example.
How is this not such a situation? Please discuss.
You are absolutely correct - such a case can certainly be made. However, David Cameron's resignation as Prime Minister (albeit one that doesn't take effect immediately) functionally defuses that. When faced with a vote of no confidence, a Prime Minister traditionally has two options - to resign as Prime Minister so a new Prime Minister who can form a new government that has the confidence of the House, can be formed, or to go to a general election. Cameron has taken the former option.
When Parliament resumes, the House still has the option to call for a vote of no confidence if it wants to - but is very unlikely to do so given Cameron has resigned. In this case, Cameron actually probably could have even survived if he'd really decided to fight, but he's 'done the honourable thing'.
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Brexit will happen, or the Tory Party will cease to exist.
Leni
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