{"id":68233,"date":"2022-10-24T17:39:08","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T15:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/boris-johnson-pulls-out-of-race-to-replace-liz-truss-as-prime-minister"},"modified":"2022-10-24T20:01:27","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T18:01:27","slug":"boris-johnson-pulls-out-of-race-to-replace-liz-truss-as-prime-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/boris-johnson-pulls-out-of-race-to-replace-liz-truss-as-prime-minister","title":{"rendered":"Boris Johnson Pulls Out Of Race To Replace Liz Truss As Prime Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Former United Kingdom Prime Minister (PM), Boris Johnson has pulled out of the race to succeed Liz Truss saying he cannot unite the warring Conservative Party.<\/p>\n

Johnson had the public support of 59 MPs but required 100 to continue in the contest.<\/p>\n

But Penny Mordaunt, Rishi Sunak\u2019s only remaining rival in the race to become the next prime minister \u2013 signalled she would not withdraw from the process, according to UK-based The Telegraph.<\/p>\n

The race is now wide open for Sunak, the former chancellor, who has more than 140 Tory MPs backing him. Mordaunt lags behind with the public support of 26.<\/p>\n

Johnson said he had \u201creached out\u201d to leadership rivals Sunak and Mordaunt to see if they could work together in the national interest, but it had not proved possible.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Boris insisted he had secured the 100 nominations needed to get onto the ballot paper, and that if he stood there was a, \u201cvery good chance\u201d he would be back in Downing Street by the end of the week. He added:<\/p>\n

But in the course of the last days I have sadly come to the conclusion that this would simply not be the right thing to do. You can\u2019t govern effectively unless you have a united party in Parliament.<\/p>\n

And though I have reached out to both Rishi and Penny \u2013 because I hoped that we could come together in the national interest \u2013 we have sadly not been able to work out a way of doing this.<\/p>\n

Therefore I am afraid the best thing is that I do not allow my nomination to go forward and commit my support to whoever succeeds.<\/p>\n

While Sunak is now the clear favourite, a source from Mordaunt\u2019s campaign told The Telegraph that she was \u201cstill running\u201d for the post.<\/p>\n

Sunak said he would always be \u201cgrateful\u201d to Johnson over Brexit, the vaccine rollout and the response to Vladimir Putin\u2019s war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Mary Elizabeth \u201cLiz\u201d Truss took over from Johnson<\/b> barely a month ago but failed to curb the country\u2019s cost-of-living crisis, industrial unrest and recession.<\/p>\n

The deteriorating state of affairs forced her to resign<\/b> after just 44 days in office making her the shortest-serving prime minister in UK history.<\/p>\n

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