What the no-confidence vote means
The Standard - Podcast autorstwa The Evening Standard
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Even when they win, Tory party leaders should be wary of confidence votes.Much of the process is done in secrecy. We don’t know the names of those who hand in their letters to the chair of the 1922 committee, calling for a vote.Some of those who publicly support a Prime Minister could be privately plotting against them. Meanwhile, negotiations take place in quiet offices. Deals are made. Promises, too. And sometimes not just by the person in charge. Challengers can be negotiators as well.The Evening Standard’s Political Editor, Nicholas Cecil, joins us from our Westminster office, to explain how it works, the significance of this one in particular and what this means for the future of the Conservatives. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
