British Prime Minister Boris Johnson expressed, on Wednesday, the “accomplishment” of the government’s mission to a large extent, during his last speech to MPs in the British House of Commons.
Johnson, who said he had advice to his successors, urged Johnson to “stay close to Americans and Ukrainians and continue to defend freedom,” the newspaper reports. guardian.
Thus, he expressed that he “loves the Treasury”, but stressed that “if the government listens to its top officials, we will not build the M25”, the ring road that surrounds London, the country’s capital.
In this sense, he asked to “ignore Twitter” and asserted that he had “taken the country out of the epidemic and helped protect another country from barbarism,” referring to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Johnson’s speech was the last he gave to MPs after announcing his resignation as Conservative leader, and thus as Prime Minister.
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UK: Ex-Finance Minister has positioned himself as the favorite for Boris Johnson’s success
Ex-British finance minister Rishi Sunak cemented his lead in the race to succeed Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday, while Foreign Secretary Liz Truss closed the gap in her quest to reach among the finalists.
After Johnson’s dramatic resignation on 7 July as Conservative Party leader, which would see him leave Prime Minister once the party finds a successor, Last week began the long internal race to replace him.
Initially, 358 Conservative MPs vote in successive rounds of disqualification until two finalists are named on July 21.
The second time around, nearly 200,000 members of the Conservative Party will choose between these two by mail vote over the summer, to determine the winner on September 5.
In the third round of voting by Conservative MPs on Monday, Sunak won by 115 votes, ahead of International Trade Secretary Penny Mordaunt with 82 votes and Gears by 71 (seven more than in the second round). Former Equality Minister Kimi Badenouche came fourth with 58 votes, and Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Tugendhat was ousted by 31 votes.
After two televised debates organized over the weekend between these five candidates, Sunak and Truss decided not to participate in the third, scheduled for Tuesday night by Sky News, which had to cancel.
The channel considered that the possibility of holding a third debate made the British Conservatives afraid of exposing many differences between them.
After appearing unmasked in the first debate on Friday, Truss squarely attacked Sonak, a former fellow government official who accused him of dragging the country into “recession” through tax increases and social charges.
Johnson votes to vote for confidence in his government
Sunak and Truss have been throwing daggers at each other since the beginning of the campaign. The latter has been seeking to gain ground since falling in the first three votes to third, behind Mordaunt and Snack, who secured his way to the final on Monday.
A favorite of Johnson’s camp, the minister is convinced that Sunak waited for the right moment for months before announcing his resignation on 4 July, precipitating a string of resignations that eventually forced his prime minister. This account was rejected by Sunak supporters.
But according to the newspaper timesJohnson has been urging disqualified candidates to lend their support to “anyone but Rishi”, whom he accuses of treason because he precipitated the resignations of 60 other cabinet members and ultimately the downfall of the Conservative leader.
*With information from Europa Press.
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