OUR Rishi Sunakformer finance minister Boris Johnsonis the first candidate for the leadership of the Conservative Party to gain the required number of 100 deputies supporters take part in the voting for the election of a new Prime Minister of Great Britain.

This information was reported via Twitter by the political editor of the newspaper. The keeper.

Voting, if there are more than two applicants for the position, will take place next week. OUR Penny Mordant previously announced that she intends to run for this post.

The application deadline ends on Monday afternoon.

Battle for three

His farewell speech Boris Johnson an abomination was contained near the Prime Minister’s residence in Downing Street on September 6, which caused much comment.

“Like Kiginath, I return to my plow,” Johnson said, comparing himself to a Roman emperor who stepped down only to be called out again by the Senate to save Rome from outside enemies.

It was reasonable to assume that the 58-year-old politician hoped to return to the office he had just been forced to leave.

As unthinkable as it seemed until the day before yesterday, such a possibility becomes possible after her resignation. Liz Trussafter only 44 days in power.

Although no nomination was publicly announced until yesterday, it was reported that Johnson cut short his Caribbean vacation to return to London, where a number of MPs had already supported his election.

His prospects were also raised by the Minister of Defense, Ben Wallaceamong the most popular members of the government who said he would not run “this time” in the battle for the Truss seat and that he was “leaning” to Johnson, recalling that he was the only one with popular legitimacy to win an overwhelming victory in the last election in December 2019

The truth is that the comparison to Kiginato suffers in many ways. The Roman emperor went down in history as paragon of virtuewhile Johnson will be asked to explain to a committee of inquiry whether he lied to the House of Commons about the infamous anti-crown parties.

Moreover, it is doubtful that his return will unite or further divide the Tories, who are more than thirty points behind Labor in the polls.

The possibility of Johnson returning was called “comical”. Financial Timeswho accepted the demand of the opposition parties to get out of the political crisis through early election.

Johnson’s potential ambitions are also hampered by a change in the rules for electing a leader by the Conservative assembly: in order to nominate a candidate, by Monday noon, you now need to support at least 100 out of 357 Conservatives MPs (22 used to be enough), a number that Johnson is unlikely to catch.

After all, it was this deputy group that “fired” him in July.

If only one candidate wins a minimum of 100 MPs, we will know the next British Prime Minister on Monday evening, otherwise the process will be completed by next Friday.

After leaving Downing Street, Liz Truss will be eligible for an annual allowance of £115,000 (€120,000) as a former prime minister.

Labor leader, Keir Starmer, stated that such an allowance for a period of only 44 days was unreasonable and that the Trust should refuse to pay it. “At a time when one in five civil servants are turning to food banks, it is strange to walk away with a bonus of £115,000,” said the chairman of the union of civil servants. Mark Servotka.