Chair of 1922 Committee says candidates will now need 20 MP backers to enter, in move to speed up process
Britain’s new prime minister will be announced on 5 September, it has been announced, as the starting gun was fired on a Tory leadership race that will see the hopefuls whittled down to two by Thursday.
Mordaunt was given a boost by polling for Conservative Home on Monday night showing that she was the preferred candidate among party members. Allies of Braverman attacked Mordaunt on Monday for staying in Theresa May’s cabinet during the Brexit years. Steve Baker, the influential hard Brexiter who backs Braverman, said he had been a “bruised captain in the trenches … They chose to stay in cabinet and vote for a deal that would have destroyed the Conservative party.”
Another senior Tory source said the “fight on the right” was getting ridiculous. “We are watching Rishi sail past before anyone’s got their pants on. Now if suddenly it emerges that Suella is weak or we need to stop Truss, options will have been squeezed out.”
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
‘Boris was stabbed in the back’: voters in Tory heartland Spalding defend PMIn true blue constituency in the heart of the fens, residents give Johnson credit for Brexit and stance on war in Ukraine
Read more »
‘Boris was stabbed in the back’: voters in Tory heartland Spalding defend PMIn true blue constituency in the heart of the fens, residents give Johnson credit for Brexit and stance on war in Ukraine
Read more »
Shinzo Abe: police admit security ‘problems’ for former PM as election vote beginsPolice pledge thorough investigation into security flaws as polls open for upper house elections amid increased police presence
Read more »
Grim new details emerge after alleged assassination of former Japanese PMThe man accused of killing Shinzo Abe believed the former Japanese leader was linked to a religious group he blamed for his mother’s financial ruin and spent months planning the attack with a homemade gun, police say. 7NEWS
Read more »
Sri Lanka's president, PM to resign after protesters storm their homesSri Lanka's president Gotabaya Rajapaksa will resign after protestors stormed the presidential palace and swam in his pool amid a growing economic crisis. Read more here: Read more here:
Read more »
Boris Johnson accused of trying to derail Rishi Sunak’s bid to be next PMSenior Tories say the former chancellor is the main focus of the ousted leader’s anger as bitter infighting breaks out
Read more »