Johnson resigned after being abandoned by many government and party figures amid the ongoing scandals that have marked the former Brexit hero’s three-year stay in power.
British Conservative Party MP Steve Baker supported the candidacy of Attorney General Suella Braverman to succeed Boris Johnson as Prime Minister of the country, as reported by The Telegraph newspaper.
“With unwavering faith, I support Zuela for the leadership of the Conservative Party and the Prime Ministership,” wrote Steve Baker in the British newspaper.
Former British finance minister Rishi Sunak announced on Friday that he will be a candidate to succeed Boris Johnson, who announced on Thursday that he would resign.
Johnson resigned after being abandoned by many government and party figures amid the ongoing scandals that have marked the former Brexit hero’s three-year stay in power. From Tuesday to Thursday, 60 ministers, deputy ministers and other aides submitted their resignations, leaving him with no other choice.
A poll of 493 party members, for Channel 4, shows he is the Conservatives’ preferred candidate, with 25%. Next is Secretary of State Liz Truss, with 21%. Defense Secretary Ben Wallace, who in an earlier poll this week was leading voters, is now down to third place, with 12%. Foreign Trade Secretary Penny Mordant and former Health Secretary Sajid Javid could still be serious contenders for the job, but neither has expressed such an intention so far.
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