Press play to listen to this article LONDON — It’s Westminster’s oldest cliché — but a week really is a long time in politics. Seven days ago, Liz Truss was watching her fledgling bid for the Conservative leadership falter after the first round of voting left her in a distant third place. Fast-forward one week … Read more
The race to replace Boris Johnson as U.K. prime minister and Conservative Party leader is down to two: former finance minister Rishi Sunak and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss. State of play: Sunak (137 votes) finished first in the final vote among Conservative members of Parliament, while Truss (113 votes) leapfrogged trade minister Penny Mordaunt (105 … Read more
Rishi Sunak, the former chancellor of the exchequer — or finance minister — launched his campaign Friday to replace Boris Johnson as leader of the Conservative Party and U.K. prime minister. Why it matters: Sunak’s shock resignation Tuesday from the second-most powerful position in the British Cabinet helped trigger Johnson’s ouster. The son of Indian-origin … Read more
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Boris Johnson resigned as UK Prime Minister following a series of resignations from his ministers who sailed him through thick and thin times of his tenure but finally said it had become “too much”. Rishi Sunak, who resigned as UK Finance Minister two days ago, is a top contender to be the … Read more
A snap YouGov poll conducted Tuesday found that 69% of Britons surveyed want Johnson to resign. The poll of 3,009 adults found that only 18% want him to stay on. Wpa Pool | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images LONDON — U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s leadership is hanging by a thread after the resignations … Read more
LONDON (AP) — Deborah James, a British broadcaster who raised millions for cancer research and was recognized by Prince William for her work, has died. She was 40. James hosted a BBC podcast called “You, Me and The Big C” in which she spoke in a no-nonsense approach about living with bowel cancer. Her candid … Read more
LONDON — Deborah James, a British broadcaster who raised millions for cancer research and was recognized by Prince William for her work, has died. She was 40. James hosted a BBC podcast called “You, Me and The Big C” in which she spoke in a no-nonsense approach about living with bowel cancer. Her candid social … Read more