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    Boris Johnson survived a vote of no confidence from his own Conservative Party, with 60% voting for him to remain as party leader and Prime Minister. The vote came after a report found that lockdown rules were broken by officials in Johnson's government during the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in Johnson himself receiving a fine from police. While Johnson remains leader for now, 40% of his party expressed lost confidence in him over the "Partygate" scandal involving lockdown parties held by those in power.

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    Boris Johnson survived a vote of no confidence from his own Conservative Party, with 60% voting for him to remain as party leader and Prime Minister. The vote came after a report found that lockdown rules were broken by officials in Johnson's government during the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in Johnson himself receiving a fine from police. While Johnson remains leader for now, 40% of his party expressed lost confidence in him over the "Partygate" scandal involving lockdown parties held by those in power.

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    BBC LEARNING ENGLISH

    News Review
    Boris Johnson survives vote

    The story

    MPs from Boris Johnson’s political party have voted on whether he should
    resign.

    About 60% of Conservative MPs voted FOR Johnson to stay, meaning 40% of his
    own MPs have lost confidence in him.

    The vote came after a report which showed lots of Covid lockdown rules were
    broken by officials working with the prime minister.

    Johnson himself was fined by the police.

    Key words and phrases

    Partygate
    the scandal around Covid lockdown parties in the British government

    • Partygate threatens to end Johnson’s political career.


    • MPs have been deciding whether to back the prime minister after the
    Partygate scandal.

    dead man walking


    describes a person whose current situation is going to end

    • After ten defeats in a row, the football manager was a dead man walking.
    • There’s no way the chief executive can survive this. He’s a dead man
    walking.

    draw a line under


    stop talking about something and move on

    • The company wanted to draw a line under the financial scandal and move
    on.
    • She tried to draw a line under the bribery accusation to keep her job.

    News Review ©British Broadcasting Corporation 2022


    bbclearningenglish.com Page 1 of 1

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