To answer the OPs question, I'm pleased, I thought Boris would get through the no confidence vote but I did wonder if it would be by just one or two votes. It wasn't, it was 63 votes and despite the doom-mongering of BBC/ITV etc., that was a decent amount of votes.
To the pp who suggested that only a few "unhinged" still vote conservative/support Boris, well, I don't consider myself unhinged in the slightest although each to their own views and all that. I have commented before about my support for Boris (and so do many of my family, friends and neighbours...there are plenty of us in my social circle) but it only produces vitriol on here, so most of us just keep quiet.
To those pp who have said "where are the supporters in the last 24 hours"...in my case, I've been at work since 6am, only just got home and read this thread. Didn't want to read and run without making some comment.
Why do I support Boris? He is the only one who actually managed to get BREXIT done and I was, and am, a BREXIT supporter. I truly believe Boris has tried to listen to the people...I felt he led us through the pandemic, he was very forward-thinking in rolling out the vaccinations, he is doing his best in dealing with the Ukraine situation.
I honestly and truly think he saw his appearance at the so-called parties as work gatherings. Some were, some were held outdoors as per the rules, for instance. It is normal practice in the House of Commons to retire to the bar to continue discussions over a drink; I am assuming (but it is true, I have no evidence of this) that he saw it as the same type of thing. Perhaps this is why he was only fined for one so-called party. I do believe his apologies were sincere, and quite honestly, I can't get upset over the parties anyway. If the only thing a PM gets wrong is to appear at his own birthday party some time two years ago, I really think those who are "out to get at Boris" are scraping the barrel.
I think the public outrage at "party gate" is being whipped up by the media and those who are still angry over BREXIT. The media are particularly bad at not letting things go, and continuing the negative comments constantly, over and over. The BBC and ITV think they are speaking for the whole country when they use phrases like "the country's public do not want to let this go" (as ITV did on the 10pm news last night) ....this is not so, don't include me in your sweeping generalisations!
The BBC is just as bad, the early morning news reporter today delighted in saying "more than 40% voted AGAINST Boris" rather than the equally true "more than 50% voted FOR him".
I really do think we should drop it now and move on to more important things, I am happy for Boris to lead the country and would vote Conservative again in a general election.