Tori Johnson

It was classic Boris Johnson to be on a trip to Cairo when he lobbed yet another political grenade at his enemies in the UK Conservative Party.

Conservative rivals Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak held face-to-face talks late Saturday, reports said, as the feuding pair who once headed Britain's government were poised to battle for the leadership of their fractured ruling party.

Liz Truss's resignation on Thursday was met with relief by voters in the Conservative stronghold town of Godalming, located in the well-heeled London commuter belt.

A senior Conservative Party MP and former minister on Saturday issued a ringing endorsement of Rishi Sunak to succeed Boris Johnson as the Tory leader and the British Prime Minister, saying the former Chancellor has what the top job requires.

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss, the two finalists in the race to succeed Boris Johnson as the Conservative Party leader and British Prime Minister, were grilled on their policies in the first hustings directly addressing Tory party members.

UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak has vowed to work "night and day" as he began the last leg of his campaign on Thursday to win over the Conservative Party membership after winning a solid mandate from the Tory parliamentary party.

The heat of the Conservative Party leadership battle intensified on Wednesday as Tory lawmakers cast their last round of votes to determine the final two candidates in the race to replace Boris Johnson as UK Prime Minister.

After Boris Johnson resigned as the leader of the Conservative Party in the UK, the race to replace him as the leader and Prime Minister is underway. Nine candidates have been declared already and more Tory MPs likely to join.

Britain's Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said Saturday that he would not stand to replace Boris Johnson as Conservative leader and prime minister, despite several polls putting him among the frontrunners.

While Boris Johnson was preparing to bid goodbye to the powerful position, the staff at the world-renowned wax museum, Madame Tussauds, in Blackpool were busy moving the Tory leader's statue from the museum to the outside of a job centre.

Five more junior ministers quit British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government en masse on Wednesday, taking the total number of Tory MPs to have resigned since Tuesday evening to 27.

British Conservative MPs on Monday voted on the future of Prime Minister Boris Johnson, after calling a no-confidence vote over a string of scandals that have left the party's public standing in tatters.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Friday that voters had given his government a "powerful new mandate" to take Britain out of the EU next month, as he headed for victory in a landmark election.

The early UK poll results suggest the election will relieve almost four years of uncertainty about when Brexit would take place.

This is a story about Tories, Conservative party leaders, doing drugs, and wanting to be prime minister. Presumably few of the 10 contenders selected Monday night by party members in Parliament want to be talking about their past illicit drug use as they begin their campaigns to replace outgoing Theresa May - but, hey, bummer.

It was classic Boris Johnson to be on a trip to Cairo when he lobbed yet another political grenade at his enemies in the UK Conservative Party.

Conservative rivals Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak held face-to-face talks late Saturday, reports said, as the feuding pair who once headed Britain's government were poised to battle for the leadership of their fractured ruling party.

Liz Truss's resignation on Thursday was met with relief by voters in the Conservative stronghold town of Godalming, located in the well-heeled London commuter belt.

A senior Conservative Party MP and former minister on Saturday issued a ringing endorsement of Rishi Sunak to succeed Boris Johnson as the Tory leader and the British Prime Minister, saying the former Chancellor has what the top job requires.

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss, the two finalists in the race to succeed Boris Johnson as the Conservative Party leader and British Prime Minister, were grilled on their policies in the first hustings directly addressing Tory party members.

UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak has vowed to work "night and day" as he began the last leg of his campaign on Thursday to win over the Conservative Party membership after winning a solid mandate from the Tory parliamentary party.

The heat of the Conservative Party leadership battle intensified on Wednesday as Tory lawmakers cast their last round of votes to determine the final two candidates in the race to replace Boris Johnson as UK Prime Minister.

After Boris Johnson resigned as the leader of the Conservative Party in the UK, the race to replace him as the leader and Prime Minister is underway. Nine candidates have been declared already and more Tory MPs likely to join.

Britain's Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said Saturday that he would not stand to replace Boris Johnson as Conservative leader and prime minister, despite several polls putting him among the frontrunners.

While Boris Johnson was preparing to bid goodbye to the powerful position, the staff at the world-renowned wax museum, Madame Tussauds, in Blackpool were busy moving the Tory leader's statue from the museum to the outside of a job centre.

Five more junior ministers quit British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government en masse on Wednesday, taking the total number of Tory MPs to have resigned since Tuesday evening to 27.

British Conservative MPs on Monday voted on the future of Prime Minister Boris Johnson, after calling a no-confidence vote over a string of scandals that have left the party's public standing in tatters.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Friday that voters had given his government a "powerful new mandate" to take Britain out of the EU next month, as he headed for victory in a landmark election.

The early UK poll results suggest the election will relieve almost four years of uncertainty about when Brexit would take place.

This is a story about Tories, Conservative party leaders, doing drugs, and wanting to be prime minister. Presumably few of the 10 contenders selected Monday night by party members in Parliament want to be talking about their past illicit drug use as they begin their campaigns to replace outgoing Theresa May - but, hey, bummer.