them down is the fact that there is no one, clearsuccessor. but, them down is the fact that there is no one, clear successor. but, we are waiting to hear from no one, clear successor. but, we are waiting to hearfrom rishi sunak, the former chancellor, who until recently would have been seen as a front runner, but he ran into difficulty over his wife s tax affairs, he was given a fine for breaking lockdown laws as part of the partygate saga. but i think we can still expect him to run although he has not formally declared. there is also the four foreign secretary liz truss, favoured by a lot of conservative party members beyond parliament, out across the uk. and there are other figures, beyond parliament, out across the uk. and there are otherfigures, the former health secretary sajid javid his resignation a couple of days ago triggered this extraordinary sequence of events that brought us to boris johnson s sequence of events that brought us to borisjohnson s resignation speech outsi