May to resign as British PM
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It's now down to the final two:
Johnson and Hunt reach the Final
Jeremy Hunt has promised Boris Johnson "the fight of his life" as the two compete to become the next Conservative leader and PM.
Mr Johnson said he was "honoured" to get the backing of 160 MPs in the final ballot of the party's MPs - more than half of the total.
Mr Hunt got 77 votes - two more votes than the next candidate Michael Gove.
Mr Johnson and Mr Hunt now face a vote involving up to 160,000 Tory members, with a result due by late July.
All 313 Conservative MPs took part in the final ballot in the House of Commons, with one paper spoilt.
Mr Johnson's victory in the latest round of the contest had been widely expected, but Environment Secretary Mr Gove and Foreign Secretary Mr Hunt had been engaged for several days in a fight for second place.
In the penultimate MPs' ballot, earlier on Thursday, Mr Gove overtook his rival, only to see his lead reversed in the final vote.
Before the final vote, a source close to Mr Hunt warned against reigniting the "personal psychodrama" between Mr Gove and Mr Johnson - who spearheaded the Vote Leave campaign together in 2016, but fell out after Mr Gove abandoned Mr Johnson's previous leadership bid to launch his own.
Following the result of the final ballot, Mr Johnson tweeted that he was "deeply honoured" by his level of support.
Meanwhile, Mr Hunt, acknowledged Mr Johnson as frontrunner to become party leader and prime minister, tweeting that he was the "underdog" but in politics "surprises happen".
He went on to praise Mr Gove as one of the "brightest stars in the Conservative team" and pledged to "give Boris the fight of his life."
Mr Gove congratulated his rivals and said he was "naturally disappointed but so proud of the campaign we ran".
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48711077
Johnson and Hunt reach the Final
Jeremy Hunt has promised Boris Johnson "the fight of his life" as the two compete to become the next Conservative leader and PM.
Mr Johnson said he was "honoured" to get the backing of 160 MPs in the final ballot of the party's MPs - more than half of the total.
Mr Hunt got 77 votes - two more votes than the next candidate Michael Gove.
Mr Johnson and Mr Hunt now face a vote involving up to 160,000 Tory members, with a result due by late July.
All 313 Conservative MPs took part in the final ballot in the House of Commons, with one paper spoilt.
Mr Johnson's victory in the latest round of the contest had been widely expected, but Environment Secretary Mr Gove and Foreign Secretary Mr Hunt had been engaged for several days in a fight for second place.
In the penultimate MPs' ballot, earlier on Thursday, Mr Gove overtook his rival, only to see his lead reversed in the final vote.
Before the final vote, a source close to Mr Hunt warned against reigniting the "personal psychodrama" between Mr Gove and Mr Johnson - who spearheaded the Vote Leave campaign together in 2016, but fell out after Mr Gove abandoned Mr Johnson's previous leadership bid to launch his own.
Following the result of the final ballot, Mr Johnson tweeted that he was "deeply honoured" by his level of support.
Meanwhile, Mr Hunt, acknowledged Mr Johnson as frontrunner to become party leader and prime minister, tweeting that he was the "underdog" but in politics "surprises happen".
He went on to praise Mr Gove as one of the "brightest stars in the Conservative team" and pledged to "give Boris the fight of his life."
Mr Gove congratulated his rivals and said he was "naturally disappointed but so proud of the campaign we ran".
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48711077
What are you? Some sort of middle class snob looking down on the working class masses?
No, dear. My income is top 2%.
I've scrubbed toilets, shoveled gravel, flipped burgers, and carried a rifle for a living. Now I do lawyer stuff. It's boring, but it pays very well indeed.
It's OK, I'm sure you're working to your full potential.
You are what we call a middle class snob, looking down at the masses of people who do jobs that are beneath you.
I'm an upper class snob, looking down on you because mopping floors is the most complex conceptual work you're capable of.
Well you're some sort of lawyer.
I drive a man-up truck in a large warehouse on Raikes Lane that distributes bathroom products to customers around the country - baths, toilets, sinks, taps, toilet seats, toilet roll holders, showers, shower doors, shower trays, plugs, radiators etc. I pick them on order using a computer on my arm and a laser scanner on my hand and my truck, which lifts me and my pallet to the upper levels of the racking, very high up. They then get sent to be packed in another part of the warehouse before they are loaded onto waiting lorries and sent to customer.
My job is therefore much more important than your job. Because, at the end of the day, everyone needs a shit but not everyone needs a lawyer.
Why does the Crown not get moved to the bottom of the pole and upstarts like Canada can tell them how to run the place?
Only in the UK can you study for an IQ test. Do you understand the concept of 'natural talent'??
BTW 'his job' is to be a token to show the BAR runs the whole show.
BTW 'his job' is to be a token to show the BAR runs the whole show.
Yes, you really do. Trust me, I've read enough of your opinions to get an idea of the level upon which your mind works.
I honor anybody willing to do a day's work for a day's pay, and you're no exception. My dislike for you is unrelated to that. I would probably despise you even if you were above dull-normal range.
You despise me because of my superior intellect, the fact I'm hardly ever wrong, because I come out with good points that can't be defeated, because you know I'm better looking than you and because you're racist.
Yeah, it's your devastating good looks. That's the ticket.
You don't even know what the word "despise" means.
Based on his claim to be under the age of 40 you would be talking to somebody who has been to the UK version of 'finishing school' so loyalty is to an entity rather than flesh and blood family. The way the royals treat each other is a sign they are a beaten and controlled people rather than they have broken the shackles of all forms of bondage.
Not much you can do with that sort of info is there??
The 'despised' can do a pretty good imitation of how their overlords treat them. Your oath is to the BAR rather than any Client you may represent in your role as a Lawyer.
Why?? I might be tempted to give up on the psychopaths that roam the halls of this place. If they are nuts what about you, a square peg trying to show it can fit into a round hole?
This place is as ill equipped to talk about Jerusalem as it gets so you might want to put a pause in the applause you dumb fuks keep giving yourselves before a real collapse takes over. (just to show where the power actually is)
This place is as ill equipped to talk about Jerusalem as it gets so you might want to put a pause in the applause you dumb fuks keep giving yourselves before a real collapse takes over. (just to show where the power actually is)
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