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Westminster is buzzing with rumours circulated by political correspondents extremely close to both the governing Conservative Party and the man himself, that Boris Johnson will run to be the next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, just 15 weeks since he announced his resignation in July.
Liz Truss announced her resignation Thursday lunchtime, bringing to an end the shortest-ever term of a UK Prime Minister, a withdrawal precipitated by her inability to deliver on her policy programme amid brutal party infighting and what appeared to be a counter-coup against her administration by the pre-Brexit Remainer element inside the party.
The not-exactly shocking declaration fired the starting gun on yet another Conservative leadership process, which is due to be completed by Friday 28th, with a new Prime Minister in office before Monday 31st.
Liz Truss Resigns, at Just 45 Days the Shortest-Lived UK Prime Minister Everhttps://t.co/gKnRsJIldd
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While former chancellor of the exchequer Rishi Sunak, the high tax and high spend finance minister who signed the cheques during the covid era but also oversaw the tax burden rise to some of the highest levels in modern British history, is an early favourite. Sunak came second in the previous leadership challenge that saw Truss elected, and the furious internal work to bring her down is broadly perceived from the outside of the party as being a continuation of the summer leadership process by other means, a corrective process by those who think that Sunak should have won.
