Boris Johnson faced a tight no confidence vote in his leadership this week, as 41% of

conservative MPs voted for him to be ousted.

I think it's a convincing result, a decisive result, and what it means is that as a government

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

Welcome to Payne's Politics, your essential insider guide to Westminster from the Financial

Times, with me Sebastian Payne.

And this week's episode will be exploring the Prime Minister's close shave with his

own party, and where his premiership goes next.

Johnson may have survived this week's vote, but there may soon be another.

Will he have any joy in resetting his political and economic agenda?

Oplets who add it to George Parker and chief political commentator Robert Schrimsley

will analyse.

And later on, we'll be looking at the government's latest efforts to tackle the UK's housing

crisis by allowing some people in housing associations to write to buy their homes.

A gimmick or completing the mission started by Margaret Thatcher.

Jim Picard, Archie's political correspondent, will decide, along with special guest,

Vicki Spratt, author of the new book, Tenons.

Thank you all for joining the pod.

A week ago, Boris Johnson's allies were cheerily predicting that all the talk of a confidence

vote in the Prime Minister was nonsense, overhyped by the media.

But then, last Sunday, they were taken by surprise when Tori MP submitted the required

54 letters to trigger a new confidence vote in the PM's position.

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