British Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss. File photoMOSCOW, June 7British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said she was pleased that the Conservatives during the vote passed a vote of confidence in Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and reaffirmed her 100% support for the head of government.» I am glad that colleagues supported the Prime Minister. I support him 100%. Now it's time to get back to work, «Truss wrote on Twitter. On Monday evening, representatives of the ruling Conservative Party in Britain could not get enough votes to pass a vote of no confidence in the leader party and Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The voting was secret. 211 representatives of the party voted for the vote of confidence, 148 voted against. The advantage was 63 votes. Johnson himself, after the announcement of the results, called them «very good», and also promised to focus on the work of the government and solving important problems. Johnson was under a barrage of criticism and threatened to lose his post due to the scandal surrounding parties at the government residence on Downing Street during nationwide lockdown due to the coronavirus. The situation worsened when it was revealed that two more parties took place on April 16, 2021, on the eve of the funeral of Prince Philip, when restrictions were still in place in the United Kingdom and national mourning was declared in the country. Johnson later apologized and said he paid the fine issued by the Metropolitan Police. According to media reports, 54 MPs from the Conservative Party had previously filed a letter of no confidence in Johnson. That was enough to get the vote going.
