UK Conservative leadership contests: A blood sport

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LONDON: Theresa May's resignation announcement Friday (May 24) sets the stage for a back-stabbing leadership battle in her Conservative Party that ...

announcement Friday sets the stage for a back-stabbing leadership battle in her Conservative Party that will determine who becomes Britain's next prime minister.May said she will officially step down as party leader on Jun 7.

A few have realistic shots at heading the government and many are running in the hope of picking up a juicy post in the new cabinet.May has headed a minority coalition government that has been rebuffed by parliament on Brexit and UK politics are in a state of flux.THE SHOOTOUT The eventual winner is chosen by Conservative Party members of at least three months' standing across Britain.

Conservative lawmakers will be torn between picking someone genuinely popular with the public and someone who reflects their own views on future ties with the EU - the sole issue at play today. But the makeup of the broader party that picks the eventual winner is both older and more conservative than the British public surveyed by opinion polls.

 

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