The joke to take over British Prime Minister Boris Johnson began Thursdaybefore the bomb resignedDowning Street.
Johnson, 58, resigned following a mass outflow of lawmakers and civil servants from the government, succumbing to political reality and suffering from scandals. This peaked with the resignation of nearly 60 ministers in Span. Only 48 hours.
The prime minister's downfall began on June 30 after Congressman Chris Pincher was forced to resign after the Conservative Deputy Leader had groped for two men in a private club. rice field.
Johnson was revealed to have been briefed on a previous complaint about sexual misconduct against Pincher while working for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2019. , He had to apologize.
The pincher scandal continued for months of confusion and failure. .. A party in Downing Street where he saw Johnson break the blockade rules of COVID-19 and be fined by police at a rally celebrating his 56th birthday.
Johnson vowed to stay in office on Thursday until the Conservative Party elected a new leader. This process can last for months. Some lawmakers argued that it wasn't enough right away, and Johnson would soon give power to his deputy, Dominic Raab.
"In addition to resigning as leader, the prime minister must resign from his office," said Nick Gibb, deputy Tory parliament. "After losing so many ministers, he lost the trust and authority needed to continue."
Foreign Minister Rishi Sunak, Foreign Minister Liz Truss, Defense Minister Ben Wallace, At least 10 senior officials, including Deputy Secretary of State for Penny Mordaunt, are said to be vying for Johnson's replacement.
YouGov's brief poll found that among the members of the Conservatives, Wallace was the favorite on behalf of Johnson, followed by Mordant and Snacks.
Conservative rules require leadership bids to be endorsed by at least eight members of parliament. The Parliamentary Party will vote to eliminate candidates in a series of votes until two candidates remain. The remaining candidates will be handed over to conservatives throughout the UK.
Ben Wallace
Wallace, 52, Army veteran Very popular among many of his conservative grassroots and government colleagues. His profile grew when he emerged as one of the loudest supporters of arming Kieu's army against Russians since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine.
Former soldier Wallace mentioned in a dispatch in 1992 after his commanded patrol captured Irish Republican guerrilla forces suspected of attempting a bomb attack on British troops. Was done.
Wallace began his political career as a member of the Scottish plenary session in May 1999 and was elected to the Westminster Parliament in 2005.
Wallace was the Minister of Security from 2016 to 2019 when he emigrated. To his current role.
He supported staying in the EU prior to the 2016 Brexit referendum.
Penny Mordaunt
Mordant was the first female Secretary of Defense in the United Kingdom and currently holds the post of Minister of Trade Policy. She is a prominent supporter of Brexit and co-authored a popular book entitled "Greater: Britain After the Storm". The book provides an optimistic outlook for the future of countries other than the European Union.
Mordant also made a national headline in 2014 by participating in an now obsolete reality TV diving contest called "Splash". She was the ninth person excluded from the 20 fields.
Rishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak will be Johnson on Tuesday "We naturally expect the government to do it properly, competently and seriously," he said, resigning from his finance minister.
Snack took office as Prime Minister on the eve of the COVID-19 outbreak in February 2020, initially with an economic bailout package that includes a costly employment retention program to avoid mass unemployment. I won the praise.
However, Snacks later faced criticism that she did not provide sufficient living support to her household. Revelations about hiswealthy wife's non-dominant tax statusand the fine Sunak received for violating the COVID blockade rules also hurt his position.
Last year his tax and spending budget put the UK on track for the largest tax burden since the 1950s, falling below the party's long-standing low tax and spending platform.
Liz Truss
Foreign Minister Liz Truss, Wallace Like, Tory's beloved and regularly surpasses the polls of party members conducted by the Conservative Website.
The truss has a carefully raised public image and was taken in a tank last year, reflecting the famous 1986 photo of Margaret Thatcher, Britain's first female prime minister.
At the age of 46, she initially campaigned against Brexit, but after a referendum she changed her mind and supported her withdrawal from the European Union, she said. ..
She spent the first two years of Johnson's Premier League as Minister of International Trade and was appointed as Britain's chief negotiator with the EU last year.
Truss is currently in charge of dealing with Brussels over post-Brexit trade rules in Northern Ireland, and negotiations are getting tougher.
Jeremy Hunt
Jeremy Hunt, 55 years old, ex Foreign Secretary finished second in the 2019 Conservative Leadership Contest after Johnson . In contrast to the current Prime Minister, Hunt is known for his serious nature and dispute avoidance.
Unlike other candidates, Hunt is not in the Johnson administration, which can be attractive to conservative members who are anxious for a new start.
Mr. Hunt said he voted to expel Johnson in a vote of no confidence last month, with the prime minister winning slightly and his ambition to become prime minister earlier this year. It hasn't completely disappeared. "
Sajid Javid
Sajid Javid was the first Minister of the Cabinet Johnson resigns in protest of accusations that he misunderstood the public about what he knew about sexual harassment allegations against Conservative lawmaker Chris Pincher.
Former banker and advocate of the free market, Javid has recently played many cabinet roles as Minister of Health. He previously resigned Finance Minister (replaced by Snack) in February 2020 in a dispute that his adviser Javid was allowed to choose.
Javid, the son of a Pakistani Muslim immigrant, is a worshiper of Margaret Thatcher and finished fourth in the 2019 Leadership Contest won by Johnson.
Nadhim Zahawi
Nadhim Zahawi is replaced by Johnson Appointed As Prime Minister on Wednesday, Snack was impressed by overseeing the deployment of the world's fastest COVID shots as Minister of Vaccine.
Hours after taking charge of British finance, Zahawi was part of a delegation of cabinet members who tried to persuade Johnson to resign. When the Prime Minister first refused, Zahawi publicly wrote to Johnson Thursday morning, accusing the Prime Minister of "damaging the government's performance this late time."
The announcement of the letter is widely seen as the last straw that convinced Johnson that he could not support his position.
From Iraq, who fled the Saddam Hussein administration with his family in the late 1970s, Zahawi co-founded the polling company YouGov before joining Congress in 2010. "He" will become prime minister at some stage.
Tom Tagendat
Tom Tagendat, the chairman of the Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee and a former soldier who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan, has already announced that he will participate in the leadership contest. doing.
He is a regular critic of Johnson and will appeal to people like Hunt who want a clean break with the scandal-filled government. However, he has never even been in the cabinet and lacks the experience that many Conservatives consider to be a disadvantage.
Surah Braverman
Surah Braverman, the prosecutor's chief supporter of Brexit in the United Kingdom and Wales, says he will already take leadership. She was strongly criticized for the Johnson government's attempt to set post-Brexit trade rules in Northern Ireland.It is unique among British countries in that it borders Ireland, a member state of the European Union.
Braverman campaigned to leave the EU and served as Deputy Secretary of the Brexit Division under Forsa May, but resigned in November 2018 in protest of the Brexit Agreement proposed in May. Did. He breaks his relationship with Brock.
With post wire