Boris Johnson is believed to be supporting Liz Truss as his supporters campaign against her rival Rishi Sunak, who has been accused of plotting his leadership run for months.
British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has sensationally staged a late comeback in the contest to replace Boris Johnson as prime minister, winning the second most votes from Tory MPs and earning the right to run against former chancellor Rishi Sunak.
Rishi Sunak will face off against Liz Truss in the battle to replace Boris Johnson as Britain’s prime minister.Truss tweeted just minutes after the result was announced, saying she was “ready to hit the ground from day one”. Also bowing out was Johnson, who fronted his last Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons and ended the showing with “hasta la vista, baby”.The prime ministership will now be decided by about 160,000 Tory members in a vote that will end on September 5 with the Conservatives producing either Britain’s third woman prime minister or the UK’s first from an ethnic background.
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