Thursday, 13 June 2019

Then There Were Seven

A list of 10 candidates were seeking the top job in the Conservative Party, a role that brings with it the title of Prime Minister.
Three have been ruled out, Esther McVey, Mark Harper and Andrea Leadsom, and the remaining seven now go on to further ballots among their fellow MPs before a run-off voted on by the party membership Rory Stewart, the most human by a long way of the shower of Tory candidates to replace Theresa May, is till in the mix but he barely made it through by the skin of his teeth so we can expect him to go out next round.
Boris Johnson easily finished top with 114 votes with Jeremy Hunt second with 43 votes and Michael Gove third on 37 votes with the rest likely to bow out soon and leave the field to these three.
Of the three, while you wouldn't trust any of them to run a bath let alone the country, Boris is looking the most likely to prevail although he is also the most likely to implode, so now might be a good time to make sure your passport is up to date.

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