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Tory leadership election: what happens – and when – in the race to replace Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson’s resignation as Conservative leader has triggered the start of the process to find his successor. Rules setting out a two-month leadership election have now been confirmed by the 1922 Committee of backbench Tory MPs.

The Conversation

Britain's post-Boris blues

Johnson's successor will have a long list of debt, recession, inflation, and skilled-labour shortages to manage as they face the next turbulent phase of Britain’s post-Brexit adaptation.

Newsroom.co.nz

Who is Penny Mordaunt and what is the Leader of the House of Commons' voting history?

Penny Mordaunt is currently the Leader of the House of the Commons but has previously been in competition for Tory leadership

Evening Standard

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Tax cuts! Tax cuts! Tax cuts! Welcome to Johnsonism without Johnson

If nothing else, this leadership contest is proving the ‘Boris Johnson as a Brexity Hezza’ [Michael Heseltine] motif was largely correct, even if the glaring internal contradiction meant it would struggle to produce a coherent policy platform.

Evening Standard

Who is backing who? Tories nail colours to the mast in leadership contest

Rishi Sunak, Penny Mordaunt and Liz Truss are among the candidates leading the way.

The Independent UK

Tory leadership candidates’ voting records - from Brexit to taxation

What have Boris Johnson's potential replacements voted for

Evening Standard

Jacob Rees-Mogg considering entering Tory leadership race, reports say

BREXIT Opportunities Minister Jacob Rees-Mogg is reportedly considering entering the already packed Tory leadership race.

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Factbox: The views of the frontrunners to succeed UK's Boris Johnson

The race to succeed Boris Johnson as British prime minister has begun, with 11 candidates so far putting themselves forward for a contest which will ultimately be decided by around 200,000 Conservative Party members.

Reuters

What is the European Convention on Human Rights? Robert Jenrick says UK should leave the treaty

The current favourite to be Tory leader blames the pact for stopping Britain from being able to cut illegal immigration

Evening Standard

Nadhim Zahawi pledges to cut 20% from every government department

Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi on Monday pledged to cut 20 per cent from every government department as the Tory leadership race heats up.

Evening Standard

UK Conservative candidates throw hats in ring to replace Johnson

At least 11 candidates have announced they will vie to be party’s new leader and prime minister after Johnson resigns.

Al Jazeera

Conservative leadership candidates: What are their policies, beliefs and ideas?

Ten Conservatives have so far put themselves forward for the party’s top job.

The Independent UK

Post-Brexit visa rules a ‘disaster’ for arts, says Edinburgh festival director

Fergus Linehan calls for visa-free travel for British artists to solve logistical problems of touring

The Guardian - UK

The lesson from Johnson’s tenure – British politics needs dragging into the 21st century

The UK’s creaking democracy is in crisis, and neither the Tories nor Labour have the answers to this frightening mess, says Guardian columnist John Harris

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Labour won't set out democratic route to indyref2 over summer, Jackie Baillie insists

Deputy Scottish Labour leader Jackie Baillie again claimed that independence isn't the priority of Scottish voters

The Guardian - UK

I’m not answering my phone, in case it’s No 10 offering me a job

Who’s in charge by now? Mike ‘Concrete’ Graham? A jar of Bovril with some mould in it? Morbius the Living Vampire?

The Independent UK

Hunt and Tugendhat vow to keep Boris Johnson’s protocol bill and uphold Brexit ‘revolution’

Remainers chase Brexiteer backing with promise to push on with legislation

The Guardian - UK

Brexit legacy is just the start of incoming PM’s problems as cost of living crisis spirals

Boris Johnson’s government offered too little too late, and now trade, social care, and the economy are paying the price

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The Guardian - UK

‘Boris was stabbed in the back’: voters in Tory heartland Spalding defend PM

In true blue constituency in the heart of the fens, residents give Johnson credit for Brexit and stance on war in Ukraine

The Guardian - UK

Starmer’s tough line on Brexit made Johnson expendable to Leavers

Hardcore Tories knew it was safe to oust their leader after Labour ruled out rejoining the EU. Now who might follow him?

The Guardian - UK

Letters: parliament is at risk from neglect, not fire

The buildings will resist going up in smoke, but essential services are in most urgent need of replacement

The Guardian - UK

The Observer view on Boris Johnson’s baleful legacy

He has vandalised the British constitution with his lies and hubris and is by no means fit to serve as caretaker PM

The Guardian - UK

British foreign policy was on autopilot – Boris Johnson showed we have choices

A new way of thinking is the most likely legacy of a PM who shaped post-Brexit global relations

The National (Scotland)

Professor John Curtice says independence won't be hurt by resignation of Boris Johnson

THE resignation of Boris Johnson will not impact on support for independence as his Brexit legacy will not disappear with him, Scotland’s leading…

Daily Record

For the first time we saw fear in Boris Johnson's eyes - and it was delicious

John Niven says he took sheer joy in seeing Boris Johnson 'at the end of his rope'.

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