as chancellor have until monday to gather the support of at least 100 of their fellow conservative mps, which means no more than three candidates will be in the contest, although none of them have yet declared. the only to formally rule himself out as the defence secretary. himself out as the defence secretary- himself out as the defence secreta . ., , , himself out as the defence secreta . , ., secretary. the tory party has to settle down secretary. the tory party has to settle down and secretary. the tory party has to settle down and get secretary. the tory party has to settle down and get on - secretary. the tory party has to settle down and get on with - settle down and get on with delivering its mandate that it was elected on with 2019 with a massive majority which was to govern on behalf of the citizens of this country. behalf of the citizens of this count . ,, , ., , . country. questions remain whether boris johnson country. questions remain whether boris johnson could
the question he lost to liz truss last time? that the question people he lost to liz truss last time? “inst the question people would ask, who is the best person with the right skills to deliver on the biggest issue, and the biggest issue is the economy and on the economy, who has the experience of dealing with the economy during the pandemic? i know is that constituency member of parliament when peoples backs are against the wall they needed support and people were relying on their monthly salaries to get by and he delivered for businesses and individuals and has the skills to deliver on the economy which affects everything across the board. same everything across the board. some eole are everything across the board. some people are saying everything across the board. some people are saying it everything across the board. some people are saying it wasn t - everything across the board. some people are saying it wasn t proper conservative politics because we were carrying the
is the latest date for the next prime minister to be announced will be next friday. with the latest, here s our political correspondent, helen catt. i will remain as prime minister until a successor has been chosen. thank you. and with that liz truss was out. as she headed off for a jog, the race to fill her shoes had already begun. would be successors are rushing to get enough support before the deadline of 2pm on monday. in the last hour the defence secretary ben wallace, once touted as a possible unity candidate, has ruled himself out, and said he would lean toward supporting a bid by the former prime minister borisjohnson. he was legitimately sent into parliament as the prime minister based on the votes of the whole electorate, notjust on tory members, notjust of members of parliament, he got a mandate, and i think that s an important thing for all of us to bear in mind.
that early because in the summer ben wallace took a long time, he held his cards close to his chest and came out for liz truss, but you are seeing this now, all of the different candidates and people coming out saying particularly for those of you is likely to be the frontrunners, rishi sunak, possibly around 55 plus people coming out saying they would favour him. 30 plus perhaps leaning towards boris johnson and again, more than a dozen for penny mordaunt. but nobody officially declaring and i think what you are seeing is because of the high bar of a hundred mps you have to reach by monday, there s a lot of discussions and positioning going on and how this might fall. whoever wins the leadership contest has to try to unify a divided party so they can get on with the matter