The nation woke up this morning to the news that Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing a vote on his leadership - tonight.
The vote, which has to be triggered by at least 54 Conservative MPs submitting letters of no confidence, will take place this evening. If the PM receives 180 votes of no confidence from Tory MPs, he will be forced to resign.
Criticism of Mr Johnson has grown since the publication of the Sue Gray report, which accused the Prime Minister and others at 10 Downing Street of not following guidance during the Covid lockdowns.
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But a number of prominent Conservatives and backbenchers say they are still in support of the Prime Minister.
So what do residents of Greater Manchester think about the vote of no confidence? We went into Manchester city centre to find out more.
Friends Susan Leng and Janet Beats said they thought some of the ways Mr Johnson had acted during lockdown were wrong, but said they didn’t have much faith in any other politicians either.
“I think whoever took on the task of PM had a difficult job to do,” Susan told the Manchester Evening News. “I’m a Remainer, but he had to go and exit the EU, and he took on all the troubles that have come since.
“You either love him or you hate him, don’t you. But he is charismatic, so a lot of people in the country will follow him because of that.”
She said she found it “difficult” to say what she thought of the vote of no confidence. “At the end of the day, it’s about what’s important for the country and what’s best for the outcomes.
“To be fair, I don’t think it will make much difference anymore, because they’ve all been proven to be as bad as one another in the last two years.”
“We were in lockdown, but they weren’t - we were following the rules,” Janet added.
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Susan said she had just lost her husband’s aunt, who was 100, and that her mum is 97. “During lockdown they had a really difficult time, elderly people,” she said. “You made big sacrifices, people did on a personal level.
“But I still don’t know if I’d say I’d vote him out, because you’re going back to square one and putting somebody new there if you do. At least he’s got the experience.”
Margaret, 77, from Crewe, said that she thought the vote was “all wrong,” and that the Prime Minister deserves to stay.
“I think he has been the best Prime Minister we have had for a long time and I hope he stays,” she told the M.E.N.
“I think he has dealt with quite a lot with Covid. I really hope he stays.”
But Caitlin, 22, said she hopes that Mr Johnson is forced to resign over the partygate scandal.
“I think he has completely disappointed everybody,” she said. “He shouldn’t be able to decide what we do when he doesn’t even follow his own rules.”
Kate, 24, from Didsbury, said she is glad the vote is happening, but called it “overdue”.
“I think the entire party are a pile of s**t, so it doesn’t mean much to me if they vote him out,” she said.
“I also think him having parties during Covid shouldn’t have been the tipping point, like surely people living in poverty and the price of living going up so much should be what’s making people not feel confident.”
Holly, 20, who lives in Salford, said she found it hard to believe what has happened in politics over the past three years.
“I think people lost confidence way before this happened, so I’m not sure it will make too much difference,” she said. “But I am glad it’s getting some recognition.”
“We actually hope that it IS a vote of no confidence and we get someone a bit more stable,” another woman told the M.E.N.
