After the beginning of the end for the government of Boris Johnson , who resigned but will hold the post of premier until next autumn , the British Conservative party is on the hunt for a new leader, who is also able to settle in Downing Street to give life to a new government more sober and, above all, reliable than the one led by BoJo, sunk by controversy and also by friendly fire.

Succession favorite, Ben Wallace , current defense minister and London hardliner on military support for Ukraine against the Russian invasion, has already marched off, announcing on Twitter that he does not want to compete for leadership.

On the other hand, Rishi Sunak , 42-year-old former banker and Chancellor of the Exchequer of Indian origins, whose resignation from the government marked on Tuesday, together with those of the Minister of Health, Sajid Javid , a point of no return towards the fall obtorto neck by Johnson.

Then there are the outsiders: Transport Minister Grant Shapps ; the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Commission of Municipalities Tom Tugendhat ; Attorney General Suella Braverman and Kemi Badenoch , former Deputy Minister of Nigerian parents.

And again: Nadhim Zahawi , a former Kurdish-Iraqi refugee who has just been promoted to chancellor, and former minister Penny Mordaunt .

But other “hot” names are those of the head of the Foreign Office, Liz Truss , and Jeremy Hunt , head of Foreign Affairs under Theresa May, who had campaigned against Brexit at the time of the referendum on leaving the EU.

According to the Guardian, for British bookmakers, who value everything for the benefit of bettors, the first three "horses" to keep their eyes on are currently Sunak, Mordaunt and Truss .

(Unioneonline / lf)

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