Johnson, who was ousted by lawmakers just over three months ago, was running high up the ranks alongside Sunak.
reach the target of 100 lawmaker nominationsBoris Johnson and former finance minister Rishi Sunak were leading the potential contenders to replace British Prime Minister Liz Truss on Friday, with candidates canvassing support to become Conservative Party leader in a fast-tracked contest.
“I think he’s got that proven track record to turn around things. He can turn it around again. And I’m sure my colleagues hear that message loud and clear,” Conservative lawmaker Paul Bristow said of Johnson on LBC radio. One of his former advisers, who no longer speaks to Johnson and requested not to be identified, said he was unlikely to reach the target, having alienated dozens of Conservatives during his scandal-ridden tenure.
Sunak, the former Goldman Sachs analyst who became finance minister just as the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in Europe, is favorite with bookmakers, followed by Johnson. Running in third is Penny Mordaunt, a former defense minister popular with Conservative Party members.on Thursday after the shortest, most chaotic tenure of any British prime minister after her economic program shattered the country’s reputation for financial stability and left many people poorer.
The sight of yet another unpopular prime minister making a resignation speech in Downing Street — and the start of a new leadership race — underscores just how volatile British politics has become since the 2016 vote to leave the European Union. Mordaunt is seen as a fresh pair of hands largely untainted by earlier administrations. But she is also untested and, so far, she is lagging Sunak and Johnson in getting backers.
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