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Indian-origin former UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak won the most votes in the second round of voting to succeed Boris Johnson as leader of the Conservative Party and

Indian-origin and former Chancellor Rishi Sunak emerged as the strongest contender to succeed Boris Johnson as leader of the Conservative Party and UK Prime Min

6 candidates left in UK leadership race after first ballot-

LONDON, July 13 (Xinhua) -- Six candidates made it to the next ballot round in the race to be the leader of the Conservative Party and replace outgoing Boris Jo

Ex Finance Minister Rishi Sunak and Foreign Minister Liz Truss are the main contenders in the race to replace Boris Johnson in the Conservative Party.

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Force borisjohnson out. they will be thinking now is not the time to do that, but perhaps on the other hand they will be some thinking with elections looming that this is not the time to have a prime minister who has been fined for breaking covid regulations and they could be well some —— could well be conservative backbenchers who think its time to put in a letter to the 1922 conservative backbench committee to try and get boris johnson out. it really will be a difficult period for the prim...

Conference from downing street, - savile comment. i was watching that| conference from downing street, and i conference from downing street, and ithought— conference from downing street, and i thought rishi sunak performed extremely well. he was straight with all extremely well. he was straight with att his— extremely well. he was straight with all his answers and had all facts at his fingertips, and he didnt duck questions — his fingertips, and he didnt duck questions. he answered questio...

Out a way so that this report can be published, infull, unredacted, so that notjust mps but our constituents, more importantly, can make a judgment on whats happened. as for whats likely to happen to anyone found to have broken rules, the met says if proven, the offences would usually result in a fixed penalty notice, and that its investigative actions would be proportionate to that. it has denied delaying the report and says the timing of its release is up to the cabinet office. helen catt, bbc...

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