Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak and Suella Braverman could all be in the running
Truss resigned on Thursday , spending just 44 days in the job after a turbulent few weeks in power. Outside Downing Street, she said there would now be a leadership election to replace her “to be delivered within the next week”.
Meanwhile Chancellor Jeremy Hunt and former Cabinet minister Michael Gove will not be running in the contest, their allies have confirmed. Whoever is elected will become the the third Tory party leader in just four months.Rishi Sunak Rishi Sunak was defeated by Ms Truss in the race to become the new PM last month, gathering 60,399 votes to her 81,326. He was Chancellor of the Exchequer until July 5 when he quit in protest at Boris Johnson’s leadership.
Penny Mordaunt Commons Leader Penny Mordaunt said she would “keep calm and carry on” and encouraged others to do the same, in the wake of the PM’s resignation. A former trade minister, with Cabinet experience in the defence and international development briefs, she ran to replace Boris Johnson with the catchy campaign name PM 4 PM.
Mr Johnson very reluctantly left Downing Street, saying in a speech in July outside the famous black door: “I want you to know how sad I am to be giving up the best job in the world, but them’s the breaks.” He told how he had been unsuccessful in trying to persuade his colleagues that it would be “eccentric to change governments” back in the summer.
Over the weekend, a Downing Street source described Mr Javid as “shit” to a newspaper as they dismissed suggestions Ms Truss had considered him to be her replacement chancellor. On Thursday, the Prime Minister’s official spokesman told reporters: “You know the Prime Minister takes this very seriously. She thinks it’s very important to treat Parliamentary colleagues courteously.”
"I love the job I do and we have more to do. I want the Prime Minister to be the Prime Minister and I want to do this job.”
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