Talk about trade, but will they get along . And what to do with the people closest to you have different political views. We will give you advice to salvage the strained relationships. The United Kingdom is one step closer this evening to knowing who will be its next Prime Minister. In the latest round of the conservative leadership ballot, the partys mps reduce the number of candidates to just two, Boris Johnson reduce the number of candidates to just two, borisjohnson and jeremy hunt. The pair will now face each other in their bid to win the support of 160,000 tory members. Lets have a look at their votes. Hundred and 60 conservative mps voted for borisjohnson, 77 for jeremy hunt and 75 per michael gove, meaning the environment secretary was eliminated from the race. Jeremy hunt knows where that puts him. He tweeted, im the underdog but in politics surprises happen. Lets speak our chief political correspondent. 0urjeremy hunt and borisjohnson offering correspondent. 0urjeremy hunt an
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Hello again. Youre watching bbc news. As weve been hearing in the past half hour, the number of candidates vying to be the next Prime Minister has been reduced to three. Sajid javid was eliminated from the tory leadership race as borisjohnson again topped the ballot of conservative mps. This is the moment the result was announced. On behalf of that 1922 committee, Charles Walker and i can now declare the results of the fourth ballot. The total of number of votes cast in todays ballad were 319. The total number of spoilt ballot papers was two. Laughter. We have spoiled a perfect record. The total votes to each candidate in alphabetical order were as follows. Michael gove, 61. Jeremy hunt, 59. Sajid javid, 34. Borisjohnson, 157. The following candidates are now eligible to continue on to the next ballot, which will take place this afternoon at 3 30pm in Committee Room 1a. Michael gove, jeremy hunt and Boris Johnson. Thank you very much indeed. That was the result of the latest round anno