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RSS FeedsVoting closes in the race to become U.K.´s new prime minister
(The Star Television)

 
 

23 july 2019 12:23:28

 
Voting closes in the race to become U.K.´s new prime minister
(The Star Television)
 


LONDON - Voting was closing Monday in the race to become Britain´s next prime minister, as critics of likely winner Boris Johnson condemned his vow to take Britain out of the European Union with or without a divorce deal.Members of the governing Conservative Party had until 5 p.m. (1600 GMT) to return postal ballots in the contest between Johnson and Jeremy Hunt to lead the party.The winner will be announced Tuesday, and will take over as the nation´s leader from Prime Minister Theresa May the following day.Johnson, a populist former mayor of London, is the strong favourite.Several members of May´s government have said they will resign before they can be fired by Johnson over their opposition to his threat to go through with a no-deal Brexit if he can´t secure a renegotiated settlement with the EU.Most economists say quitting the 28-nation bloc without a deal would cause Britain economic turmoil. The U.K.´s official economic watchdog has forecast that a no-deal Brexit would trigger a recession, with the pound plummeting in value, borrowing soaring by 30 billion pounds ($37 billion) and the economy shrinking 2% in a year.Former Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Monday that a no-deal Brexit would be `an act of economic self-harm that runs wholly counter to the national interest.`EU leaders insist they won´t reopen the 585-page withdrawal agreement they made with May´s government, which has been repeatedly rejected by Britain´s Parliament.Foreign Office Minister Alan Duncan quit Monday, lamenting in his resignation letter that `we have had to spend every day working beneath the dark cloud of Brexit.`Other government ministers, including Treasury chief Philip Hammond, are set to resign on Wednesday.The new prime minister will preside over a House of Commons in which most members oppose leaving the EU without a deal, and where the Conservative Party lacks an overall majority.Opposition parties are preparing for an early election which could be triggered if the ...


 
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