Conservative Party

Conservative Leadership Election: What Happens Now?

The race to succeed Theresa May as Conservative leader and prime minister is in full swing. Brexit is the key issue, but the Tories’ selection rules are also a major factor shaping the contest.Leadership candidates required eight nominat...

Joburg Post·almost 5 years ago

Boris Johnson Wins Race to Become UK's Next Prime Minister

Brexit hardliner Boris Johnson won the contest to lead Britain’s governing Conservative Party on Tuesday and will become the country’s next prime minister, tasked with fulfilling his promise to lead the U.K. out of the European Union. Jo...

Joburg Post·over 4 years ago

Liz Truss: who is the UK’s new prime minister and why has she replaced Boris Johnson?

Truss will become the Conservatives’ fourth leader and prime minister in just over six years. She’s Queen Elizabeth’s fifteenth prime minister, and the third woman to hold the job

Nicholas Allen - Reader in Politics, Royal Holloway University of London·over 1 year ago