The vote has left supporters of Johnson disappointed by the size of the rebellion and has emboldened those who want to see him gone.
Others point out that, while the PM survived the vote, protection is not guaranteed. While under current rules a sitting PM should not have to face another challenge for 12 months, there's nothing to prevent MPs sending in letters once again and asking 1922 committee chairman Sir Graham Brady to change the rules if the situation dramatically deteriorates in the coming months. Such a move has been considered before.
To have 148 of your own MPs decide they don't have confidence in you matters, whether it meets a threshold for action or not. The only thing this vote really settles is the contours of the Conservative party's internal civil war. The rebels appear emboldened not cowed, with one very senior figure telling me shortly after the vote that it was now"time for the cabinet to show some leadership and realise the game is up for the PM".
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