Boris Johnson had to Abandoning the Conservative Party leadership contest and abandoning his aspiration to become the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and successor to Liz Truss. In a statement issued on Sunday evening, Johnson claimed he had 102 approvals, exceeding the threshold set for achieving the nomination, but admitted he did not have the support of the parliamentary group. The BBC was able to verify only 57 of these nominations.
“There’s a very good chance,” Johnson says, “that he might win the election with Tory members and that, in fact, he might return to Downing Street on Friday.” But in the course of the past few years I have unfortunately come to the conclusion that this would not be the right thing to do. It is not possible to govern efficiently unless there is unity in the parliamentary groupJohnson quickly returned from the Republican Republic, where he was on vacation, after Truss resigned last Thursday.
Johnson out of the competition Paving the way for the former Finance Minister Rishi Sunak will become Britain’s next Prime Minister on Monday. His allies made it clear that they “do not take anything for granted” and will continue “to talk to their colleagues tomorrow morning before submitting the nomination papers and will discuss the best ways to unite the party and lead the country.”
The other applicant, Penny Mordaunt, had less than 50 endorsements as of Sunday night, But he will try in the next few hours to get the support of those who supported Johnson. However, all bets are indicating that Snack is the only candidate with more than 100 endorsements. The official announcement of the result is scheduled for 2 pm London time.
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