be running again. mrs braverman, are you going to l stand or can you rule yourself out? i ll be making statement in due course. mrs braverman, are you goingi to stand, can you give us some indication whether. you ll stand or not? earlier, i spoke to will walden, who ran borisjohnson s successful 2019 leadership campaign i asked him whether he thought the former prime minister would decide to run in this contest. boris hates losing and i suspect that he won t do it if he can t make the threshold of 100 mps needed to go to a vote of tory mps. and particularly, i don t think he ll do it if he can t see a path to second place, because the truth of this is that rishi sunak is clearly the front runner among mps.
prime minister in british history. she tendered her resignation to king charles the third yesterday after a premiership marred by financial turmoil, a series of humiliating u turns and key ministerial sackings, and a day of chaos in parliament in which party discipline fell apart speaking outside downing street, liz truss said she could not deliver the mandate on which she was elected. there will now be a fast tracked leadership election to decide who will be the new leader of the conservative party and ultimately prime minister. nobody has announced their intention to run yet, but penny mordaunt and rishi sunak are seen as contenders, and backers of borisjohnson are urging him to stand. and backers of borisjohnson let s take a look at how the contest will work. conservative mps have until monday to nominate their preferred candidate. each candidate needs at least 100 nominations if only one candidate achieves that, they ll be declared prime minister on monday afternoon. if more than
are seen as contenders, and backers of borisjohnson are urging him to stand. let s take a look at how the contest will work. conservative mps have until monday to nominate their preferred candidate. each candidate needs at least 100 nominations if only one candidate achieves that, they ll be declared prime minister on monday afternoon. if more than one candidate gets at least 100 nominations, then there ll be a vote by conservative mps. depending on the result of that, the final decision could be made by tory party members voting online. one thing we know for sure is the latest date for the next prime minister to be announced will be next friday. let s talk to our political correspondent, helen catt, who s in millbank. this is going to be much faster and a higher bar than we have seen in previous leadership contest earlier in the air? ., , , in the air? and absolutely deliberately in the air? and absolutely deliberately so in the air? and absolutely deliberately so and - in the
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