The former finance minister, 48 hours after Johnson’s resignation, is running for the succession race. He is however accused of “treason” and “mutiny” within the party. Ready for Rishi? ( Ready for Rishi? ) That’s the slogan of former finance minister Rishi Sunak’s succession campaign, only instead of a question mark there’s an exclamation mark […]
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Britain: Secretary of State Ben Wallace will not run for Tory leadership
LAST UPDATE: 15:42 British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace, one of the favorites in the race to succeed Prime Minister Boris Johnson, said today that he has decided not to run for the party leadership. The 52-year-old Wallace overtook Foreign Secretary Liz Truss in recent months in popularity and became the most popular member of the […]
Britain: Kemi Beidenoch in the race to succeed Boris Johnson
British Conservative Party MP Kemi Beidenoch announced today her candidacy to succeed Boris Johnson as Prime Minister of the country. “I’m coming forward in this leadership election because I want to tell the truth,” Beidenoch wrote in The Times newspaper. Beidenoch’s announcement came after Britain’s former Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak announced he would […]
Labor threatens to censure Boris Johnson if he does not leave Downing Street immediately
The race to replace Boris Johnson as the leader of the Conservative party and prime minister began today, after the unprecedented political crisis that led to his resignation, with former finance minister Rishi Sunak one of the first to line up, claiming the positions. Johnson resigned on Thursday after many government and party figures abandoned […]
German press: Boris Johnson, the cold shower and the potatoes
Johnson’s resignation, hot water in Saxony and the new head of Germany’s anti-discrimination agency are the topics of the review. In a category with politicians like Donald Trump, Jair Bolsonaro or Benjamin Netanyahu places the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung British Prime Minister Boris Johnson after he resigned from the leadership of the Conservative Party, calling these […]
Britain: Rishi Sunak has announced that he will run for the Conservative leadership
Former finance minister Rishi Sunak has officially announced today that he will stand as a candidate to succeed Boris Johnson as the leader of the Conservative Party and, consequently, as Prime Minister. The 42-year-old former minister is considered one of the favorites for the position. On Tuesday, he announced he was leaving the government, along […]
Britain: Johnson canceled the wedding reception at the prime minister’s country residence
Boris Johnson and his wife, Carrie, no longer plan to host a big reception for their wedding at the end of the month at the prime minister’s country house in Checkers, Downing Street sources said today. The arrangement of this party at Checkers, a 16th-century mansion with an indoor swimming pool in north-west London, sparked […]
Britain: Labor will seek an election by filing a motion of no confidence in Parliament
The leader of Britain’s opposition Labor Party said today he will move to call a national election by moving to a vote of impeachment against Prime Minister Boris Johnson next week unless Conservative MPs act to oust him sooner. Johnson has said he will step down when a new Tory leader is chosen, with further […]
Britain: The race to succeed Johnson has begun – The first nominations
Tom Tugenhut is the latest British MP to enter the fray to succeed Boris Johnson as the Conservative Party leader and thus the Prime Minister, with Attorney General Suella Braverman and former Brexit Secretary Steve Baker also showing interest. B. Johnson plans to remain as prime minister until a new successor is found in the […]
Biden is committed to continuing his close cooperation with London
US President Joe Biden said today that his country will continue its close cooperation with the United Kingdom, notably on the issue of Ukraine, in a statement released after the resignation of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. In the announcement of the White House, however, there is absolutely no mention of Johnson. “The United Kingdom […]
