British government blocks Labor’s no-confidence motion on Boris Johnson

July 13 () –

Downing Street has rejected this Tuesday the debate of distrust presented in the House of Commons by the Labor Party against the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson, after considering that the proposal was an “abuse of power”.

The motion of censure was expected this Wednesday after being requested by Labor but, in an unprecedented move -since in the United Kingdom it is the Executive’s prerogative to order Parliament’s agenda-, it has 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.

Among the reasons for this rejection, the Conservative Party has argued that 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 their own dubious peers. All Conservative leadership candidates should speak out against this blatant abuse of power to protect a discredited prime minister,” a Labor spokesman said. the BBC network.

Nikki da Costa, a 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’ because its motion of censure was not debated at an early opportunity, it would be useful if they published their motion in the places where they are furious,” Da Costa said on Twitter.

Labor have shown their anger on the grounds 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 matters of the nation,” according to ‘The Guardian’.