Boris Johnson just suffered his 7th Commons defeat in a row – only 5 responses you need

John Plunkett. Updated September 26th, 2019

So-called prime minister Boris Johnson just suffered his seventh House of Commons defeat in a row after MPs voted against a mini recess to allow Tory members to attend their annual conference.

ADJOURNMENT MOTION

AYES: 289
NOES: 306
Maj: 17

Parliament isn’t going on recess for Conservative Party Conference.

A seventh defeat in a row for Boris Johnson.

— Lewis Goodall (@lewis_goodall) September 26, 2019

And here are our favourite 5 things people said about it.

Boris Johnson has now lost 7 of his first 7 commons votes, the first PM in history to do so. He takes the title away from previous record holder Boris Johnson, who lost 6 of his first 6.

— James Felton (@JimMFelton) September 26, 2019

Played 7
Lost 7#winning

— James O'Brien (@mrjamesob) September 26, 2019

Boris Johnson’s record

-Lost: 7 votes in Parliament
-Lost: Supreme Court decision
-Lost: majority
-Lost: 23 backbenchers
-Lost: brother from Cabinet

PM for just 64 days pic.twitter.com/WXprU4nDsg

— Paul Johnson (@paul__johnson) September 26, 2019

🗣 I am sorry to announce:

The motion failed 52 to 48.

A truly cursed politics. https://t.co/eZjh3USZks

— Mark Di Stefano 🤙🏻 (@MarkDiStef) September 26, 2019

It's like Johnson got the job through a genie and the wish has *technically* been granted but…

— Christina Martin (@christinamartin) September 4, 2019