abour has accused the Government of “frightened run” after it blocked opposition plans to hold a vote of no confidence in the House of Commons Boris Johnson and its administration.
A Labor spokeswoman said it was “unprecedented” that ministers did not give parliamentary time for a confidence vote the party had sought on Wednesday.
But a government spokesman hit back, accusing Labor of “playing politics” by filing a no-confidence vote against the government and the government. Prime Minister when Boris Johnson had already resigned.
“As the Prime Minister has already resigned and a leadership process is underway, we do not consider this a valuable use of parliamentary time,” the spokesperson said.
Once again the Tories are changing the rules to protect their own dodgy friends
“If Labor changes their motion appropriately, they could have the next working day to debate it.”
However, Labor said the move constituted a “blatant abuse of power to protect a discredited prime minister” and called on Tory leadership candidates to denounce it.
“This dismantled government is scared and refusing to give time to debate the Labor vote of no confidence,” a spokeswoman said.
“This is totally unprecedented. one more time the Tories change the rules to protect their own untrustworthy friends.”
Labor announced it planned to table a vote of no confidence in response to Boris Johnson’s statement that he intended to continue as prime minister until a new Tory leader is appointed in September.
Earlier, Labor leader Sir . spoke Keir Starmer said: “The Tory party has finally concluded that the Prime Minister is unfit for office – that was blindingly clear a very, very long time ago.
“They can’t let him hold for weeks and weeks and weeks until September 5. It would be unbearable for the country.”
In practice, it seemed unlikely that the Labor motion would pass, as it could potentially lead to a general election.
That would require Tory MPs to vote for it — or at least abstain in sufficient numbers — at a time when the party is effectively leaderless and lagging in the polls.
However, Labor wanted to capture where leadership candidates and their colleagues in the House of Commons stood for Mr Johnson to remain in office for the next two months.