Britain's prime minister Boris Johnson has survived a no-confidence vote by his own MPs (Members of Parliament).
Neil and Sian look at the vocabulary used in the headlines about this story.
Video chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
0:30 - Story
1:20 - Headline 1: Forbes - UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson Survives Confidence Vote After 'Partygate' Scandal
2:20 – Headline 2: Huffington Post - Analysis: Boris Johnson Is Now A Dead Man Walking
3:24 - Headline 3: BBC News - Time to draw a line under Partygate, Boris Johnson tells cabinet
4:33 - Language summary
Key words and phrases
Partygate
the scandal around Covid lockdown parties in the British government
- Partygate threatens to end Johnson’s political career.
dead man walking
describes a person whose current situation is going to end
- After ten defeats in a row, the football manager was a dead man walking.
draw a line under
stop talking about something and move on
- The company wanted to draw a line under the financial scandal and move on.
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