U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson just resigned! this Thursday afternoon the 7th of July 2022,after his allies deserted him over his mounting scandals.

State of play: The race to replace him as both leader of the Conservative Party and as prime minister looks wide open. Top officials in Johnson's government, including recently-resigned Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, are likely to run, and Johnson rivals like former Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt are also expected to enter the race.

How it works: The first stage of the leadership election will begin with the 358 Conservative members of Parliament voting to narrow a list of declared candidates down to two. Then 180,000 or so dues-paying members of the Conservative Party will vote to elect the next leader.

Who could replace Boris Johnson?

Dominic Raab
The deputy prime minister isn't widely believed to have leadership ambitions, but could assume the role of caretaker prime minister if Johnson is forced to resign immediately rather than wait for the new Conservative leader to be elected.

Rishi Sunak
As the second-most powerful man in Westminster and the face of the government's popular COVID support programs, Sunak once seemed like the heir apparent — and could still be. But he was fined alongside Johnson over the "partygate" scandal and has seen his popularity fall significantly.

Liz Truss
The foreign secretary stood by Johnson throughout his scandals while shaping her own hawkish image in confrontations with Moscow over the invasion of Ukraine and Brussels over Brexit. She consistently polls as one of the most popular senior Tories among Conservative Party members.

Jeremy Hunt
The runner-up to Johnson in the 2019 leadership contest, Hunt is seen as a moderate and is positioning himself as a safe pair of hands to replace the more erratic Johnson. The former health secretary and foreign secretary now chairs Parliament's Health and Social Care Select Committee and is leading an investigation into Johnson's response to COVID.

Sajid Javid
Javid was the first Cabinet member to abandon Johnson on Wednesday, then went a step further by questioning Johnson's integrity during Prime Minister's Questions. That seemed to signal he was planning another leadership bid after losing to Johnson in 2019.

Ben Wallace
The defense secretary's profile has grown significantly during the war in Ukraine, during which he has been one of the strongest international proponents of arming the Ukrainians. The Army veteran and Johnson loyalist is highly popular with the Tory base and many of his Westminster colleagues.

Penny Mordaunt
Currently minister of state of trade policy and formerly the U.K.'s first female defense secretary, Mordaunt is a popular pick to replace Johnson in part because — as a prominent Brexiteer who took a more pragmatic approach while serving in Theresa May's government — some see her as well placed to unite the Tory factions.

Nadhim Zahawi
A wealthy former businessman whose family fled Iraq under Saddam Hussein when he was 9 years old, Zahawi saw his popularity and profile rise after successfully leading the U.K.'s vaccine rollout. He was elevated to education secretary, then chancellor after Sunak's resignation. But 24 hours later, he joined a delegation of ministers urging Johnson to quit.

Tom Tugendhat
A British Army veteran who went viral for a speech he delivered during the U.S. and UK's withdrawal from Afghanistan, Tugendhat was the first Conservative to openly declare his interest in running for leadership if Johnson resigned. He has chaired the Foreign Affairs Select Committee since 2017 and is a frequent critic of Johnson.

Suella Braverman
The attorney general in Johnson's government, Braverman surprised many by declaring her interest in running for leader in a television interview on Wednesday night — without having resigned from the Cabinet herself. Braverman is viewed a hardline Brexiteer who identifies with the right-wing of the Conservative Party.

Source https://www.axios.com/2022/07/06/uk-prime-minister-johnson-resignation-conservative-party

I careless they are all Freemasons that would carry out another angle of their agenda

Hmm...

Truthisunique2:
I careless they are all Freemasons that would carry out another angle of their agenda

Haven't heard of any African leader that willing resign his or her political position.Vote wisely

Truthisunique2:
I careless they are all Freemasons that would carry out another angle of their agenda

You have a point

babyfaceafrica:


You have a point

None of them around that power circle happen to be their by chance bro

Look at Putin that is forming alpha male yet in bed with the LGBTQ agenda resetting crafted by the freemasons.

You would think he would kick against it because it's Western propaganda but no it's the agenda of the Devil they all work for to perverse the nature man was created in and sodomize

The failures of president Buhari to handles the security situation of this country alone should be something that prompted him to resign his possession as Nigeria president


Why is it so so easy for these people to step down even when things are working well in their country and be difficult for our leader in this part of the world to do so even when everything fails to work? I'm still wondering.


Greed will never allow my country people to step down but we are about to step on them. #Obidient# we are moving forward

Padi padi govt.

UK liberalism is too much... Giving headslammers opportunity to govern them will only lead to wahala in the future.

Okay

Thank God for successful service tenure

but over here in Nigeria touts want some old currupt money bags to replace another old currupt money bag. To everyone who has lost their senses be restored

U.K prime ministers resigning back to back....it's really tough leading there

Black Africans love power so much that the only thing that can make them leave when their tenure is not over is death...

We are so unpatriotic that it tells on everything we do as a race.

Alright. . . . . . .Aje

Poor Boris Johnson,after em dn carry dem enter war.

E be like say Putin no mumu like dem talk.

Na everybody dey feel d sanctions o


Abeg

I see a black man with Nigerian origin becoming the prime minister of the UK very soon.

This I have seen.

See as them young

Truthisunique2:
I careless they are all Freemasons that would carry out another angle of their agenda

WTF is this one saying?

Boris Johnson is a cat with nine lives. A man who so much love black people (especially Nigerians). Several motions moved by him that favoured Africans. This is a real conspiracy but God will judge all your enemies.

Bleep

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Indian go win.....

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Working Country...

I wish UK is still ruling us all these rubbish won't be happening in Nigeria.

I won't have known Buhari exist.

That's U.K business. My business is This; once you girlfriend has male friends, you will be hurt. 9ja girls are useless: All of Them.

ayoolataiwo:
Haven't heard of any African leader that willing resign his or her political position.Vote wisely

My Vote is for sale N25,000