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A parliament as a whole can declare a vote no confidence of in government, which if gets a majority of votes then dissolves parliament and if a new government can't be formed triggers a general election.

A political party can declare a vote of no confidence in their leader, and that causes the leader of that party to stand down and a new leader to be elected.

The Prime Minister is not a directly elected position, but rather simply the leader of the majority political party. People vote for Members of Parliament, not Prime Ministers.

If conservatives went with a parliamentary motion of no confidence, it'd not remove Boris Johnson from the leadership position of the Conservative Party so they'd either have to accept Boris as prime minister still and nothing changes, be in-fighting during a general election, or lose whatever general election happens under the -30% popularity of Boris Johnson. So it's not likely to happen that way.

You stand a better chance outrunning a pit bull than a bullet.

Even Gove is sharpening the knife, it seems.

*hums* a coat of gold or a coat of red...

I'm pretty sure Larry, the cat who lives in Downing Street, would do a better job.

They're being kept on the side to replace the Queen when she dies or abdicates, clearly.

(Also the "all it takes to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun", yeah not so easy when they ambush a crowd of civilians from an elevated position.)

According to BBC News the are he attacked has a high Jewish population, so if it's white supremacy related that may be a factor.

Gunman shoots from a rooftop at a 4th of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois. Six dead and at least 24 taken to hospital. Gunman still at large. Described as a white male with long dark hair in his 20s.

Hope everyone is staying safe if in the area.

Home security has never been about making you impossible to rob, it's about making you more secure than the next guy and so less appealing of a target. If you operate on the assumption you're being actively targetted, then...well, good luck.

You don't lock your door because it stops the guy with the lockpick or strong boot. You lock it because it stops the guy walking down the street testing locks as he goes. And to stop your parents just walking into your house unannounced, because you know they will if you don't lock the door.

(One of the reasons digital protection needs to be so strong compared to the physical and suggestions to give police a 'back door' are so flawed is because instead of a guy walking down the street, it's a guy kicking every door in the city at once, 1000 times a second).

Should have let him. His fat ass getting stuck climbing through a window would have slowed the mob down some more.