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Boris Johnson withdraws from leadership struggle, the way seems clear for Rishi Sunak

Boris Johnson withdraws from leadership struggle, the way seems clear for Rishi Sunak

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is stepping down from the Conservative Party leadership struggle. He says he hoped his opponent and former Treasury Secretary Rishi Sunak and Penny Mordaunt could have gotten together, but they didn’t. With his resignation, the way seems clear for Sunak to succeed former Prime Minister Truss.

“I’m confident I’m well placed to help the Conservative Party win the 2024 elections. Unfortunately, in the past few days I had to realize that this step is not the right one. You cannot govern effectively without a cohesive party within the party.” Parliament.

The Conservative Party will vote on Truss’s successor tomorrow. With Johnson out of the race, political veteran Sunak (42) seems to be the candidate with the best papers. He was also the only Tory to date to secure the necessary 100 MP votes. He had 130 today, according to the BBC, more than enough to run for leadership.

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Former Minister Mordaunt wanted to succeed Truss, but she has not enjoyed that support in recent days. Theoretically, disappointed Johnson supporters could now try to cut Sunak in the meantime en masse Mordaunt, although it remains to be seen if they will do so tomorrow.

Sunak and Johnson have previously discussed the leadership struggle in the presence of major party donors. The donors are said to have urged Johnson to withdraw from the race and support Sunak in trying to restore unity in the party.

In the past, Sunak was considered an ally of Johnson. He served in his cabinet as Chancellor of the Exchequer, but ultimately helped herald Johnson’s fall as Prime Minister by resigning after a series of scandals involving Johnson at the time. Sunak had previously taken over Truss to fight for party leadership, but then resigned, allowing her to begin her exceptionally short and chaotic premiership.


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