Europe 1 with AFP
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7:14 p.m., October 21, 2022
The day after Liz Truss resigned from 10 Downing Street, the Conservative Party must name her successor. The names of Rishi Sunak, Penny Mordaunt, or even Suella Braverman are circulating, but it is Boris Johnson who could be in the box of favorites. One of the heavyweights of the party “leans” for BoJo.
British Defense Minister Ben Wallace, a heavyweight in the Conservative majority, announced on Friday that he was “leaning” for former Prime Minister Boris Johnson to replace Liz Truss at Downing Street.
Again excluding launching himself, Ben Wallace, considered the most popular minister within the party base, indicated that, particularly in view of the measures Boris Johnson had taken for the security of the country, he “leans” for his former boss. “But you know, there are still several days left, we will see what happens”, he however tempered on television.
Successor announced by October 28
Who are the other potential candidates for the job? 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.
Liz Truss announced her resignation on Thursday evening. When she took 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.