[Text/Observer Network Liu Chenghui] After the "secret talks", former British Chancellor Sunak has announced his campaign for the Conservative Party leader. According to the latest news from the British Daily Telegraph on the 23rd, Johnson told party supporters at a meeting that

[Text/Observer Network Liu Chenghui] After the "secret talks", former British Chancellor Sunak has announced his campaign for the Conservative Party leader. The latest news from the British " Daily Telegraph " on the 23rd said that Johnson told party supporters at a meeting that he failed to reach an agreement with Sunak on the campaign, and he will continue to seek to run for the leader of the Conservative Party and return to No. 10 Downing Street . However, as of press time, Johnson has not publicly announced his candidacy.

reported that Johnson held a conference call with Conservative MPs who supported him at 8 a.m. on the 23rd, urging them to call to convince their colleagues to support their run.

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A Conservative MP who participated in the conference call told the Daily Telegraph that they were "convinced" that Johnson was still seeking the position of Conservative leader. He said Johnson may hold talks with Sunak and another rival, Conservative leader Modot, later this week.

Another congressman who participated in the conference call confirmed that Johnson will continue to run for the election. He said it was a "very positive talk and we obviously look forward to (Johnson) taking this step."

Sir James Dudridge, one of Johnson's closest allies, also said that Johnson was in good shape during the morning call and he confirmed to everyone that he "had contact with other camps."

The British " Sun " previously disclosed that Sunak and Johnson had a secret meeting on the evening of the 22nd, trying to reach an agreement on "who will serve as prime minister." The two sides discussed the possibility of "joint candidacy" to avoid divisions in the Conservative Party.

The Sun revealed on the 22nd that Johnson and Sunak tried to reach an agreement on the candidacy

However, the Daily Telegraph said that the two did not reach any agreement, and Sunak's supporters believe that Johnson may not have enough votes to reach the threshold for the candidacy. On the day after the talks, Sunak posted on Twitter announcing that he would run for the head of the British Conservative Party and the next prime minister, thus becoming the second person to officially announce his candidacy after Modort.

According to relevant rules, the threshold for participating in the British Conservative Party’s first election is quite high, and it has received at least 100 support from 357 Conservative MPs to run for the election. This also means that there will be only three official candidates in this election.

According to statistics from the Daily Telegraph on the 23rd, Sunak has received public support from 119 party members and is the first to cross the election threshold; Johnson has received 57 support, and Modot has temporarily received support from only 24 members.

However, Johnson said on the evening of the 22nd that they had obtained 100 votes needed to run for the election, but refused to announce the specific list.

One of Johnson's most loyal allies and former British Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries threatened that although Johnson is still under investigation into the "party gate" scandal, if the election result is Sunak's victory, the investigation committee "certainly" will shift the focus directly to Sunak, and Labour Party can even take the opportunity to demand an early election.

"Once Sunak comes to power, the election will take place within a few weeks," Doris said.

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