Johnson promises to continue working "on what matters to the British people" after overcoming a motion of no confidence

MADRID, 7 Jun. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson, has promised this Tuesday to continue working "on what matters to the British people" and has called on his ministers to achieve "progress" in the "priorities of the Executive", after overcoming a motion on Monday of internal censorship for the criticism against him for the 'Partygate'.

"This is a government that gives results on those issues about which the country's population is most concerned," he stated, while committing himself to continuing to respond to "these priorities." "We are on the side of the hard-working British people and we are going to get down to business," he added.

"We have committed 37,000 million pounds (about 43,177 million euros) to support households with their finances, we have made our communities safer by hiring 13,500 more police officers and we have tackled the problems in the health system due to the coronavirus by opening nearly a hundred community diagnostic centers so that people can get care closer to home," he explained.

Downing Street has stressed in a statement that Johnson will lead a Cabinet meeting during the day and has added that he will ask ministers to make an effort to "relieve financial prisons on families, make access to health services faster and easier, make the streets safer and move the country forward and unite.

Thus, he revealed that the 'premier' "will present his vision for the coming weeks, in which the Government will present new political commitments that will continue to make a real difference in people's lives." "This will include measures to reduce childcare costs for parents and a renewed push to get more people onto the 'ownership ladder'."

Johnson overcame on Monday afternoon the motion of censure raised by the Conservative Party deputies themselves after gaining the support of 211, while 148 voted against. After that, the Prime Minister stressed that it is a "convincing" and "conclusive" result that means that the Government can "continue".

In this way, he thus exceeded 180 votes to remain in power, although history suggests that having achieved it by a narrow margin, his future is uncertain, since in this type of situation, a prime minister is ultimately dismissed. Johnson himself said when his predecessor, Theresa May, submitted to this vote of no confidence and achieved 63 percent support that it was "a very bad result, much worse than it seems".

Johnson has achieved less than the 226 votes comparable to May's result, which is a serious setback for the president. May ultimately left office six months after the internal no-confidence motion. According to the internal regulations of the Conservative Party, Johnson cannot be subjected to a new motion of censure for another twelve months, so this period is guaranteed without threats to his leadership.