Despite the fact that he had to overcome huge obstacles to reverse his image, such as his departure in July this year as a result of various scandals, from England they convinced that Boris Johnson still retaining the electoral base which gave him victory in 2019.
Another name that has emerged as a possible successor to power is Jeremy Hunt, the current Secretary of the Treasury and former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Health. He is a 55 year old leader, not very charismatic but, at the same time, very experienced. However, he assured that don’t want to participate anymore in the race.
At this point, the Conservatives are opening the race for a possible replacement for Liz Truss and rumors of Boris Johnson are rising.
“Bojo: I’ll be back”, the newspaper headline Sun, referring to Johnson’s possible return. According to her Daily TelegraphThe former prime minister was on vacation in the Caribbean at the time of his resignation and it was stated that he would return to the UK presented as a potential savior from election disaster.
UK: the race for a new prime minister has begun
The clock is ticking and the candidate for power must move quickly: at 14:00 next Monday must have the support of at least 100 Conservative MPs. In this way, the maximum number of applicants is 3 people, because the number of MPs is 357 conservatives in the House of Commons.
Parliament will hold two votes: the first will reduce the election to two candidates and the second will serve as an “indication” to party members on the preferred choice of the deputies.
Boris Johnson resigns from UK
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In the lower house, the Conservative Party will be tasked with communicating the elected leader via electronic voting.
At the beginning of his term, the one who came out Truss won with 81,326 votes to Sunak’s 60,399 votes.with a turnout of 82.6% of party members.
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