Anais Cordoba (in London), with AFP
His departure was inevitable: Liz Truss is no longer Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on Thursday evening. She submitted her resignation at the beginning of the afternoon, and announced that a ballot would take place “by next week” to designate her successor. Among the names, circulates that of Boris Johnson, his predecessor.
The British will have to turn a page of 44 days “by next week”. Prime Minister Liz Truss announced her resignation early Thursday afternoon, after taking office on September 6. From now on, an internal Conservative Party election will take place, and everything will go very quickly. The name of the new Prime Minister will be known no later than Friday 28 October.
To run, each candidate will have to gather at least 100 supporters of Conservative MPs.
Boris Johnson’s return?
Then, the deputies will vote to decide between these candidates. If two finalists pass all of these steps, then there will potentially also be an online vote for party activists. According to the first rumors, the former finance minister Rishi Sunak, unsuccessful candidate against Liz Truss and the minister Penny Mordaunt, two former rivals of the ex-prime minister, should appear, just like the ex-minister of Interior Suella Braverman, who resigned from government on Wednesday.
And then, a certain Boris Johnson could try a comeback. It sounds unbelievable, but that’s what the Times and the Daily Telegraph Thursday evening, two dailies close to the Conservative Party.