Gove and Leadsom declare Tory leadership bids as poll finds May would beat Johnson among party membersA number of Conservative MPs have today formally announced they are standing for the leadership of the party including Energy Minister Andrea Leadsom, Justice Secretary Michael Gove and former Defence Secretary Liam Fox, all of whom backed leaving the EU. Gove, whose entry into the race was widely seen as a surprise, said that he was standing because he had concluded that Boris Johnson “cannot provide the leadership or build the team for the task ahead.”
Writing in The Times, Home Secretary Theresa May formally …read more
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