(Eagle News) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faces a crunch Conservative Party confidence vote after 54 of his Tory MP’s triggered a contest following scandals that have shattered confidence in his leadership.

The beleaguered UK leader has spent months battling to maintain his grip on power after the so-called “Partygate” controversy saw him become the first serving UK prime minister found to have broken the law.

If he loses, he will be forced to step down as the Conservative Party leader and prime minister.

A scathing internal probe into the scandal revealed that he had presided over a culture of Covid lockdown-breaking parties in Downing Street that ran late into the night and featured a drunken fight among staff.

Johnson, who won a landslide election victory in December 2019 on a vow to “get Brexit done”, has steadfastly refused to stand down.

The 57-year-old has said he takes responsibility for the saga and pointed to a reorganization of the structure inside Number 10 while insisting that he must get on with the job.

A Downing Street spokesperson said Johnson “welcomes the opportunity to make his case to MPs” and Monday’s vote was “a chance to end months of speculation and allow the government to draw a line and move on.”

(Eagle News Service)