What Is The Conservative Party In Power To Achieve?

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as truss seems likely to backpedal on her right-wing mini-budget this afternoon the party looks too divided to actually agree on anything despite having a huge majority…

apart from brexit, what do they actually want to do?

[Zacs-Master]

launched a rebellion?

Really?

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what would you call it?

[Zacs-Master]

A backlash, a dissent, a defiance, a rising. But not a rebellion.

[jno]

if the reports in the Tory press this morning are correct, they were planning to dump Truss and Kwarteng and replace them with Sunak and Mordaunt. That's a rebellion all right, even if it's only against their own party. (Is it customary to launch a no confdence motion against your own boss?)

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bit weird to fixate on the wording like that but ok...

...the mini-budget looked very “tory” to me but the party has launched a rising over it.

[davebro]

She could well resign. In the present circumstances I doubt if any of them REALLY want to be Prime Minister. Except Boris that is - hope they haven't redecorated his flat yet!

[FatticusInch]

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//bit weird to fixate on the wording like that but ok... //

Some prefer to quibble over terms and wording as opposed to addressing the direct issue and acknowledging what’s occurring right before them.

[FatticusInch]

davebro
//She could well resign. In the present circumstances I doubt if any of them REALLY want to be Prime Minister. Except Boris that is - hope they haven't redecorated his flat yet!//

Don’t be silly! PMSL.
It’s World King he wanted to be.
But do persist with your wet dream.

[Zacs-Master]

'Is it customary to launch a no confdence motion against your own boss?'

There's no such thing as a 'no confidence' vote for a PM. It's a 'confidence' vote. Subtle but important distinction.

You can however have a 'no confidence' vote pertaining to the Government.

[Gromit]

Zacs

May and Johnson survived a VONC. What does the N stand for?

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jun/06/boris-johnson-wins-no-confidence-vote-despite-unexpectedly-large-rebellion

[davebro]

a newspaper headline doesn't make it so - it depends how the motion is worded:

This (house) has confidence in the PM.
or
Has no confidence in the PM.

[Zacs-Master]

One (more) reason not to read The Grauinad
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_vote_of_confidence_in_the_Conservative_Party_leadership_of_Boris_Johnson

And just for good measure:
https://www.lawsociety.org.uk/topics/blogs/westminster-update-pm-survives-confidence-vote

[Gromit]

// In the United Kingdom, confidence motions are a means of testing the support of the government (executive) in a legislative body, and for the legislature to remove the government from office. A confidence motion may take the form of either a vote of confidence, usually put forward by the government, or a vote of no confidence (or censure motion), usually proposed by the opposition. When such a motion is put to a vote in the legislature, if a vote of confidence is defeated, or a vote of no confidence is passed, then the incumbent government must resign, or call a general election. //

[Zacs-Master]

Erm….you just proved my point. In the specific case of Johnson, it was a confidence vote as borne out by my law society link. Or do you know better than the law society, Gromit?