Theresa May has successfully defeated Jeremy Corbyn’s no confidence motion. This is a momentous occasion and to my mind just goes to re-affirm the position that I talked about yesterday. See my article from yesterday on why I think the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is wrong to bring a no confidence motion against Theresa May’s government. 

Moments ago, Jeremy Corbyn’s no confidence motion against Theresa May has been defeated. No surprises there because it was expected that she would win. If anything, the exercise shows that an entire day of parliamentary time has been wasted to achieve absolutely nothing. 

The exercise just re-affirms my belief that Jeremy Corbyn was plain wrong to bring a motion of no Confidence. Jeremy Corbyn has now seen that regardless of how unpopular the Brexit deal was, Theresa May continues to enjoy the support of the parliamentary party as well as the DUP. That support is not just from the parliamentary party for votes which defeated Jeremy Corbyn’s no confidence motion. Ordinary members of the British public, who are otherwise either apolitical or indeed even against the Conservative party acknowledge that Theresa May as prime minister, has inherited a thankless task. With that in mind, people are beginning to see the logic against Jeremy Corbyn’s stance. 

Of course, Jeremy Corbyn could have taken a completely different approach. That approach could have been to properly campaign for remain at the time of the referendum in 2016. He did not. Now, it is too little and far too late and so the nation must move on and look to what next. Indeed, Jeremy Corbyn too must now move on. 

No Confidence Motion – Theresa May Successfully Sees Off Corbyn Who Probably Wants General Election

Undoubtedly the next thoughts will be to somehow seek to trigger a general election. I for one, do not think that the PM should heed the calls for a general election. There is no appetite for it in the country. Quite the opposite. Ordinary people on the doorstep are expressing unhappiness with the way in which politicians like Jeremy Corbyn seem to be pushing an extremely left-wing agenda, under the guise of socialism.

No Confidence Motion – Theresa May – Government Supports ‘Hand up not Hand out’

Jeremy Corbyn’s policies really mean that people should not aspire to better themselves and that the state should do more and more to look after people and give handouts.

… my own view is that people should be given a ‘hand up’ and not a ‘hand out’ for the good of the country and every citizen – Tahir Ashraf.

Whereas my own view is that people should be given a ‘hand up’ and not a ‘hand out’ for the good of the country and every citizen. That is not to say that those in society who are most in need of assistance should not get it. It simply means that we should better ourselves to the point where each of us can help others around us. Help those in our neighbourhoods, our towns cities and our country, and of course then the world. An infamous quote from the American President John F Kennedy springs to mind: “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”

Here is an extract of the speech of Theresa May following the defeat of Jeremy Corbyn’s no confidence motion, as printed in the Guardian online:

The prime minister said:

“I’m pleased that this house has expressed its confidence in the government tonight. I do not take this responsibility lightly and our government will continue its work to increase our prosperity, guarantee our security and to strengthen our union. And yes we will also continue to work on the solemn promise we made to the people of this country to deliver on the result of the referendum and leave the European Union. I believe this duty is shared by every member of this house and we have a responsibility to identify a way forward that can secure the backing of the house. 
To that end I’ve proposed a series of meetings between senior parliamentarians and representatives of the government over the coming days and I would like to invite the leaders of parliamentary parties to meet with me individually and I would like to start these meetings tonight. Mr Speaker, the government approach is to hold these meetings in a constructive spirit and I urge others to do the same but we must find solutions that are negotiable and command sufficient support in this house. 
And I’ve said we will return to the house on Monday to table an amendable motion and to make a statement about the way forward. The house has put its confidence in this government, I stand ready to work with any member of this house to deliver on Brexit and to ensure this house retains the confidence of the British people.”