Boris Johnson got a boost in his bid to replace British Prime Minister Theresa M...
LONDON - Boris Johnson got a boost in his bid to replace British Prime Minister Theresa May on Monday when one of his former rivals backed him and said he was almost certain to win the contest.
“Boris has run a disciplined campaign and is almost certainly going to be our next prime minister,” Hancock said in an article in The Times newspaper. “My view is that we need to start coming together sooner rather than later.” The British parliament has indicated it will try to stop a no-deal Brexit, which investors warn could roil markets and shock the world economy, while the EU has said it will not renegotiate the Withdrawal Agreement that May agreed.
“Boris is the front-runner,” Gove told BBC radio. “But we need to make sure that he is tested.” Johnson has so far kept a low profile during the leadership race and did not take part in a candidates’ debate on Sunday.The second round of voting will be on Tuesday with the result due around 1700 GMT. Any candidate with 32 votes or fewer is eliminated. If all candidates have more than 32 votes, the one with the fewest is eliminated.
But the speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, said it was fantasy to think that the lower house of parliament could be pushed aside.
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