The cloud that enveloped the British parliament early Wednesday fizzled -off in seconds as result of the no confidence ballot leaked to Britons. The British Prime Minister, Theresa May, survived a vote of no confidence by her fellow conservative parliamentarians.
Mrs May won the ballot on her leadership by 200 votes to 117 on Wednesday night.
If she had lost the vote, she would have had to vacate her seat as leader of the Conservative Party and eventually exit office as prime minister.
The no-confidence secret ballot vote was triggered by 48 of her MPs angry at her Brexit policy.
Her critics, including some former members of her cabinet insisted the deal Mrs May secured with the EU betrayed the 2016 referendum result.
Despite victory, the vote showed that over a third of Conservative MPs are opposed to Ms May’s leadership.
Speaking in Downing Street after the vote, Mrs May vowed to deliver the Brexit “people voted for” but said she had listened to the concerns of MPs who voted against her.
Her words;“I have heard what the House of Commons said about the Northern Ireland backstop and, when I go to the European council tomorrow, I will be seeking legal and political assurances that will assuage the concerns that members of parliament have on that issue,” she said.
But Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable said, despite the “high drama” of Wednesday, “nothing has really changed”.
Speaking with BBC News shortly after the votes were announced, he said;“We are still back with the problem that the government has a proposal that we can’t get through Parliament and we have got to try and break that gridlock.”
