@Michael"Would the Parliamentary Party want to risk putting someone in the PM role who might yet again have to resign, or even lose their seat if there was a successful recall petition and subsequent public vote? Having shown no confidence in him before it makes Conservative MPs look even more foolish, doesn't it?"40% of Tory MPs did not back Boris in the confidence vote which meant 60% did, whether by positive voting and some abstentions. It was the anti-Brexit MPs (and those who just didn't like him personally), together with the left biased media that were successful in pushing Boris into resigning. Remember though that the GE in 2019 resulted in the Conservative Party receiving a landslide majority of 80 seats. They made a net gain of 48 seats and won 43.6% of the popular vote – the highest percentage for any party since 1979. In my opinion the vast majority of these voters still back Boris and would do so again in the next GE which could be less than two years away. The Party will be aware of the public's continuing support of Boris so the stakes of losing are much higher now and obviously none of them want to lose their jobs, especially the new red wall intake. Boris is quite simply the best candidate to be PM and keep the Tories in power and the mostly self-serving MPs know this and will get him back.
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