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    Scarmoge posted an update 6 years, 11 months ago

    Interesting …
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    ‘I’m going for it’: Boris Johnson confirms he will stand as next Conservative Party leader
    Matilda Long, UK 4 hours ago

    The former foreign secretary confirmed his plans to stand as leader of the Conservative Party. (AP)
    Boris Johnson says he plans to stand as leader of the Conservative Party.

    The former foreign secretary told the British Insurance Brokers’ Association conference today: “I’m going to go for it, but there is no vacancy at present.”

    Rumours Mr Johnson has had his eyes on the leadership have been circulating for some time – and he finally confirmed his intentions as Mrs May comes under increasing pressure to name the date of her departure as Prime Minister.

    Mrs May told her party in December she would step aside once she has delivered the first phase of Brexit.

    Theresa May is coming under increasing pressure to name the date of her departure

    But mutinous MPs frustrated by her failure to deliver Brexit are urging her to lay out a specific timetable for when she will quit.

    The Prime Minister attended a meeting of the 1922 Committee – an influential group of Tory backbenchers – this morning, which discussed her departure.

    If she fails to nail down a date, a number of rebellious Brexiteers plot to change the rules of the party in order to be able to hold a vote to unseat her.

    The Government is planning to hold a vote on the Withdrawal Agreement Bill – the piece of legislation that would enact Mrs May’s agreement with the EU – in the first week of June.