When push comes to shove in the British Conservative Party, there will surely be a “kingslayer” who will make it absolutely clear to Prime Minister Boris Johnson that his time is up.

The result of the conservative parliamentarians' vote on Johnson's political fate suggests that it could be so far in the near future.

A mere 59 percent approval rating for a leader who, just two and a half years ago, clinched one of the biggest electoral victories for the Conservatives in recent history is a clear red flag.

And yet Johnson can remain relatively relaxed in the short term.

The main problem of his opponents is that far and wide there is nobody of stature who would be willing to succeed him.

At this point, the comparisons with the vote of no confidence against Johnson's predecessor Theresa May end. Although she had achieved a significantly better result in the then (smaller) parliamentary group than Johnson now.

But May's opponents knew that there was someone in Boris Johnson who would be there when it mattered most.

In his efforts to tailor the Conservative Party entirely to himself, he has at least made it so far that he is currently considered to be “there is no alternative”.

The only question is: for how much longer?