DECRYPTION – After the first vote of Conservative MPs on Wednesday, they are only six candidates on the track.
Correspondent in London
In this summer competition which the British did not expect, the playoffs have begun. They were eight candidates to line up on the starting line to succeed Boris Johnson. At the end of the first day of voting to decide between them, there are only six left.
Former Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt and new Chancellor of the Exchequer Nadhim Zahawi are eliminated, having failed to receive the necessary backing from 30 MPs to pass the first round. Former Finance Minister Rishi Sunak took the lead with 88 votes, followed by Secretary of State for International Trade Penny Mordaunt (67 votes) and Foreign Minister Liz Truss (50 votes).
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The other three qualifiers are, in order, Kemi Badenoch, Tom Tugendhat and Suella Braverman. A second round will be organized this Thursday, and others in the following days, until there are only two candidates left (the last is eliminated…
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