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Sir Graham Brady, chairman of the influential 1922 Committee of backbench MPs, is vague about whether one or two candidates would be likely to run for the Conservative Party leadership after the resignation of Liz Truss. “The party rules say there will be two candidates unless there is only one candidate" he says. SOUNDBITE
Sir Graham Brady, chairman of the Conservative Party's backbench 1922 Committee, announces that Rishi Sunak and Liza Truss have made it to the final ballot of Conservative members to decide who will replace Boris Johnson as the next party leader and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, with Penny Mordaunt knocked out. Sunak led the last of five ballots of Tory lawmakers, winning 137 votes, ahead of Truss on 113, while junior trade minister Penny Mordaunt was eliminated after getting 105 votes. IMAGES
Ex-London mayor Boris Johnson abruptly pulls out of the race to become Britain's next prime minister, throwing the Conservative Party's political order into further turmoil shaken by last week's vote to leave the European Union.
Incoming British prime minister Rishi Sunak leaves the party's headquarters, after he was named the Conservative party's new leader. IMAGES
Manchester (United Kingdom), Oct 4 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Neil Hall) The British Conservative is holding in Manchester its annual congress.FOOTAGE OF THE CONGRESS AND A PROTEST AGAINST THE LACK OF QUALIFIED WORKERS IN THE SWINE INDUSTRY, WHICH WAS HELD OUTSIDE THE CONGRESS.
Manchester (UK), Oct 3 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Neil Hall) The Conservative Party, who less than two years ago achieved one of the largest electoral victories in the history of the United Kingdom, hold from Sunday their first in-person congress since the pandemic.FOOTAGE OF THE CONFERENCE IN MANCHESTER.
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