Nominations to succeed May , who resigned on Friday as head of the ruling Tory party following her failure to deliver Brexit, opens at 10:00am and closes at 5:00pm
Britain’s departure from the European Union, twice delayed and now set for October 31, will dominate a contest scheduled to run until late July and which, in the past, has been characterised by shocks and surprises. Current Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, Interior Minister Sajid Javid, and Environment Secretary Michael Gove are perhaps the best-known names of 10 other MPs also in the running.In a series of ballots over the coming weeks, party lawmakers will then whittle down the list of names to just two.
He has vowed Britain will leave the EU “deal or no deal” in October and said this weekend he would withhold the country’s Brexit bill if the EU does not offer improved withdrawal terms. He turned on Johnson during the last leadership contest in 2016, in a move that ultimately cleared the path for May.
Another leading contender, Hunt, has vowed to renegotiate the agreement May struck with Brussels, claiming Sunday that he had received encouraging signals for such a move from German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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