Another leadership hopeful will be knocked out of the race to become Britain's next prime minister today, leaving four remaining candidates in what has become an acrimonious and divisive contest to replace Boris Johnson
Since Johnson said he would resign earlier this month after his scandal-ridden administration lost the support of many in his ruling Conservative Party, the race to replace him has taken an ugly turn with several contenders turning their fire on the frontrunner, former finance minister Rishi Sunak.
At a televised debate on Sunday, the five candidates, including former equalities minister Kemi Badenoch and Tom Tugendhat, chair of parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee, attacked each other over their records."It is inevitable that the debate will become increasingly heated. There is, after all, rather a lot at stake," Conservative former minister David Jones told Reuters.
The ruling Conservative Party's 358 lawmakers will whittle the field down to the final two this week, staging votes which will eject the candidate with the fewest votes each time. Monday's vote results will be announced at 1900 GMT. Sunak still holds the largest number of votes among Conservative lawmakers, but Truss is catching up and Mordaunt is trying to reignite her campaign that took off in the early days, making her the initial favourite with bookmakers, but which has somewhat stalled in the face of hostile briefings to the media.
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