Downing Street has refused this tuesday the distrust debate introduced in the House of Commons by the Labor Party against the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnsonafter considering that the proposal was a “waste of time”.
The motion of censure expected this Wednesday after being requested for the laborbut, in an unprecedented move, they have been denied parliamentary time, as reported by ‘The Independent’.
Until now, all the motions of censure presented by the opposition had gone ahead for a vote in the House of Commons, regardless of whether it later obtained a majority among the deputies.
Reasons for rejection
Among the reasons for this rejection, the Conservative Party has argued that with the change in the leadership of the Tories after Johnson’s resignation was “enough“. He has also described the initiative as “politicking” and a “waste of time”.
Labor had tabled the motion petition arguing that “this House has no confidence in Her Majesty’s Government as long as the Hon’ble Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip (Boris Johnson) remains Prime Minister.” After their rejection, they have lashed out at the Conservatives.
“Once again, the Tories are changing the rules to protect his own dubious companions. All candidates for Conservative leadership should denounce this blatant abuse of power to protect a discredited prime minister,” said a Labor spokesman in statements collected by the chain BBC.
Nikki daCostaa former Downing Street adviser, has assured that the motion of censure “was not a traditional vote of confidence” and, therefore, “does not pass the test“If Labor is ‘absolutely furious’ that their no-confidence motion was not debated at an early opportunity, it would help if they published their motion in the places where they are furious,” da Costa tweeted.
The labor have shown their anger argued that no-confidence motions can “take many forms” and point to an example in 1965 which read: “This House has no confidence in Her Majesty’s Government and deplores the Prime Minister’s conduct in the affairs of the nation,” according to ‘Guardian‘.
Source: Lasexta
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