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With Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigning as in the fall, a crowded list of candidates is waiting for him.
“What’s interesting in the current situation is that there is no clear heir to take over from Boris,” Alan Mendoza, co-founder and executive director of the Henry Jackson Society, told Fox News Thursday.
The Conservative Party still controls the British government after winning the majority in the 2019 elections, so the next prime minister will be a member. However, it is still controversial whether party members will take over Johnson, and former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Trade Minister Penny Mordaunt, Defense Minister Ben Wallace and others are potential favorites to become the country’s next leaders. Is considered to be.
According to the odds released by Sky Bet, the betting market is now backing Wallace, who is praised for Britain’s response leadership during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Sky Bet sees Sunak as the second most promising candidate, and Mordaunt checks in third on the betting site.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces resignation
On other betting sites, Wallace is third behind snacks and mordants. Snacks, who resigned from Johnson’s cabinet earlier this week, are considered potentially financially responsible leaders who can get the country’s finances on track, and Modants were held by the Labor Party between 1997 and 2010. He’s an up-and-coming party in the constituency he was in, and has used her career as a pitch to appeal to voters in the country’s working class.
Polls show a situation similar to a better market, and one survey shows that Wallace is by far the favorite of Conservative members. Long shots such as Liz Truss, Jeremy Hunt and Nadim Zahawi are all well-received, while Mordant and Snack are just behind.
“Public polls on his successors show nowhere what lead he is showing. [Johnson] It was held either within the party or at home and abroad in the last leader election. “
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This choice is important to the Conservatives, and there is growing speculation that a general election could take place soon this year. Bet odds believe it is unlikely to happen until 2023, but Mendoza said the next leader is aiming to present a vision to voters.
“The party itself wants the ability, stability, and clear vision of the next leader, not the ideology, and if the winner can achieve this, it is very likely that he will win the next general election.” Told. He said.