Article 6043G Boris Johnson says ‘nothing and no one’ will stop him carrying on as prime minister in wake of no-confidence vote – live

Boris Johnson says ‘nothing and no one’ will stop him carrying on as prime minister in wake of no-confidence vote – live

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Andrew Sparrow
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Latest updates: under-pressure prime minister says he has alienated Tory MPs because his government is doing big, remarkable things'

Angela Eagle (Lab) says this week's events have shown how loathed the PM is - and that's only in his own party".

If 148 of the PM's own backbenchers do not trust him, why on earth should the country?

This week's events have demonstrated just how loathed this prime minister is and that's only in his own party.

As his administration is too distracted by its internal divisions to deal with the challenges we face, can the prime minister explain if 148 of his own backbenchers don't trust him why on earth should the country?

I can assure her in a long political career so far - barely begun - I've of course picked up political opponents all over and that is because this government has done some very big and very remarkable things which they didn't necessarily approve of.

And what I want her to know is that absolutely nothing and no-one, least of all her, is going to stop us with getting on delivering for the British people.

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