Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from the Economist.

In New York, I'm John Fassman.

Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

Seven American states hold primary elections today.

In San Francisco, voters will decide whether to recall Chesa Boudin, the city's district

attorney in a race that will say much about how crime will play out in November's midterm

elections.

And Ukraine is fought valiantly using drones, advanced anti-tank weapons, and high-res

satellite imagery, but also with century-old machine guns that have proven surprisingly

reliable and accurate.

But first, Boris Johnson is still Britain's prime minister, for now at least.

That the vote in favour of having confidence in Boris Johnson's leader was 211 votes,

and the vote against was 148 votes.

And therefore, I can announce that the parliamentary party does have come to this.

Conservative members of Parliament bang tables and cheered last night in approval at the

result of their secret ballot.

And Mr. Johnson himself, as you would expect, said he was pleased.

So I think it's a convincing decisive result of what it means is that as a government we

can move on and focus on the stuff that I think really matters to people.

But the outcome of that vote, with just 59% of his own MPs supporting him, underlines

the shaky ground he's on.

Questions about leadership and integrity have damaged his standing among voters who helped

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