Race for U.K. prime minister is on (again) after Liz Truss quits

Possible prime minister frontrunners emerge as Britain’s Truss resigns

Those in the Bring Back Boris camp argue that Johnson is the only contender who has a national “mandate” to lead after his whopping 2019 general-election win.

He is also still under investigation by the House of Commons for misleading lawmakers over “Partygate,” and he could be suspended from Parliament. Ben Wallace, the popular defense secretary whom some saw as a contender, ruled himself out of the race Friday, saying he was “leaning” toward Johnson. Mordaunt is the dark horse in the race. But her PM4PM supporters note that she is more popular with Conservative Party members than Sunak is.when shown her photo. But her visibility received a boost in the waning days of Truss’s tenure, when she stood in for the prime minister in Parliament.

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