By Andrew MacAskill and Muvija M LONDON (Reuters) -Boris Johnson returned to Britain from holiday on Saturday to consider an audacious bid for a second term as prime minister in a race that could pit him against his former finance minister whose resignation in July helped drive him out of office. Potential candidates to replace …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s trade minister Kemi Badenoch on Saturday backed former finance minister Rishi Sunak to be the next prime minister, ruling herself out of a leadership race she had considered entering. “Rishi Sunak is the man for the job,” Badenoch said in an article for the Times newspaper. Sunak has yet to formally …
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LONDON (Reuters) – A flight believed to be carrying former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has landed at London’s Gatwick airport, according to flight-tracking website Flightradar24. Sky News reported that Johnson was on the plane back to Britain as he considers an attempt to win a second term as prime minister after Liz Truss quit …
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By Joel Dubber PERTH (Reuters) – England began their Twenty20 World Cup campaign with a five-wicket win over Afghanistan on Saturday courtesy of seamer Sam Curran’s haul of 5-10 and a sublime effort in the field. Afghanistan crumbled to 112 all out in 19.4 overs after being sent in to bat. Ibrahim Zadran (32) and …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Boris Johnson has enough support to enter the race to become Britain’s next prime minister, his ally and Conservative lawmaker James Duddridge said on Saturday, reporting that the former leader had reached the 100 endorsement threshold. The Sunday Times, BBC and Sky News cited an unnamed source close to Johnson as saying he …
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By Elizabeth Piper, Kylie MacLellan and Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) – Boris Johnson has been gaining momentum in his audacious bid to return as British prime minister, with his colleagues deeply divided over the potential comeback and some warning he would plunge the country into fresh chaos. Former defence minister Penny Mordaunt became the first …
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By Elizabeth Piper, Alistair Smout and Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) – When Liz Truss was asked to come to parliament to explain the sacking of her good friend and finance minister, she sent Penny Mordaunt in her place, offering her potential successor a primetime opportunity to flex her political muscle. In what only underlined the …
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(Reuters) – Rishi Sunak has become the first British Conservative Party leadership candidate to hit the 100 threshold with support from lawmakers to make it onto ballot paper, The Guardian’s political editor tweeted on Friday. (Reporting by Juby Babu in Bengaluru)
LONDON (Reuters) – Former British finance minister Sajid Javid endorsed Rishi Sunak to be the next leader of the Conservative Party and the country’s next prime minister. “It is abundantly clear that Rishi Sunak has what it takes to match the challenges we face – he is the right person to lead our party and …
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By Andrew MacAskill and Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) -British minister Penny Mordaunt on Friday launched her bid to replace Liz Truss as prime minister, becoming the first Conservative lawmaker to formally announce they are running. Mordaunt, 49, has navigated the tenures of the four prime ministers she has served under, keeping her distance from Boris …
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