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Peter Walker Political correspondent

DARK SECRETS: There may be trouble ahead for boris johnson despite confidence vote win | Vintage Vibes

Boris Johnson ​​Rishi Sunak Partygate
Boris Johnson chairs a cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in London, the day after surviving a no-confidence vote by Conservative MPs.
Boris Johnson chairs a cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in London, the day after surviving a no-confidence vote by Conservative MPs. Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images

Boris Johnson is safe – for now. Under Conservative party rules, his win by 211 votes to 148 in a no-confidence vote of Tory MPs means he will not face a similar challenge for 12 months. But life is not necessarily about to become much easier for the prime minister, for a number of reasons. Here are the main challenges ahead.

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