Resignation The pools open to succeed Boris Johnson: Penny Mordaunt, Ben Wallace or Liz Truss
UK Boris Johnson resigns as Prime Minister
Tom Tugendhat
, chairman of the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, became the first candidate to officially launch his bid to replace
Boris Johnson
as British Prime Minister on Thursday.
The deputy and former soldier critical of how the government managed the
Afghanistan crisis
was last January the first member of the "Tory" formation that already then expressed his intention to stand for primaries if the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, then lost a internal confidence motion.
In an article published by the 'Daily Telegraph', Tugendhat, who has never been in government, says he would offer his party a "fresh start".
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"I am bringing together a broad coalition of colleagues who will bring new energy and ideas to government and finally close the divide on
Brexit
that has dominated our recent history," he writes.
"I have served before, in the army and now in Parliament. Now I hope to answer the call again as prime minister. It is time for a clean start,
it is time for a renewal
," he adds.
For Tugendhat, who is not a priori one of the favorites in the pools, the 'Tories' must "show leadership and conviction in our conservative values and in their ability to enrich lives in all parts of the country."
The deputy is representative of the moderate wing of the conservatives gathered in the group called One Nation.
Johnson announced his resignation on Thursday and the opening of the process to elect his replacement as Tory leader and Prime Minister, although he remains in office pending the release of the schedule for his replacement.
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