Sunak and Javid in pole position if race for Johnson’s job begins

A number of senior Tory MPs are preparing leadership bids as Johnson’s hold on power weakens * UK politics live: latest updates Leadership jostling kicked off among leading Conservative MPs as Boris Johnson clung to power, with departing cabinet ministers Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid the favourites, and Eurosceptic Steve Baker publicly saying he would “reflect seriously on whether to run”. Baker, a former chair of the European Research Group who was one of the “Spartan” holdouts against Theresa May’s Brexit deal, was the second to go on the record with leadership ambitions, saying it was “accurate” that he was thinking about a bid. Continue reading...
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