Due to Tras' resignation, the British Conservative Party will vote for the new party leader and become Prime Minister by October 28. The election situation is not yet clear.
According to regulations, each Conservative Party new party leader candidate needs at least 100 Conservative MPs to participate in the party election. According to a report by Sky News on October 22, former British Chancellor of the Exchequer Sunak campaign sources said Sunak has received support from 100 Conservative MPs.
Picture right: Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson . Photo left: Former British Chancellor Rich Sunak Visual China Data picture
At present, Sunak, former Prime Minister Boris Johnson and House of Commons Conservative leader Modant are three candidates who are interested in participating in the competition. Among them, Modant officially announced his candidacy on the 21st. Wallace, the Secretary of Defense who had previously called for a high-profile call, has announced that he will not run for the election. According to regulations, candidates must win the support of 100 Conservative MPs before 14:00 local time on the 24th.
. According to statistics from Sky News on the 21st, at least 93 members of parliament have supported Sunak, 47 members of parliament support Boris, and only 19 support Modant.
Currently, Modant and Sunak are preparing for the campaign in London. It is worth noting that Boris has been on vacation with his family in the Caribbean island country Dominican for the past two weeks due to Tras' sudden resignation. Boris is currently on a plane back to London, and it is reported that as a former leader, he and his family chose to take the economic cabin of the plane. Conservative MP James Duddridge confirmed to Sky News on the evening of the 21st that he had contacted Johnson , and Boris told him in person that "he is ready."
Sky News reported that Boris resigned eight weeks ago due to scandal and a turn against the party. His proposal to come out for the second time has also attracted a lot of controversy. Former Conservative leader William Hague said in an interview with the media on the 21st, "If a former prime minister who has just stepped down is elected to take over the Conservative Party again, then this party will fall into a terrible 'death spiral', which is also the worst news I have heard in politics for many years."
Previously, Li Guanjie, a think tank researcher at the British Research Center of the Shanghai Institute of Global Governance and Regional Countries, Shanghai International Studies University, was interviewed by The Paper (www.thepaper.cn). When talking about Boris' situation, he said, "If he is a shrewd person, he may not run for the election now, because wait until he wants to elect the party leader internally in the election, he will have a higher chance of winning by then and will be relatively stable."
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