Alister Jack could swap the House of Commons for the Lords amid reports the Scottish Secretary will be handed a peerage in Boris Johnson's honours list.
23.10.2022 - 12:49 / dailyrecord.co.uk
One of Boris Johnson’s closest allies has claimed the former Prime Minister is “clearly” standing to succeed Liz Truss.
Jacob Rees-Mogg’s comments come as Johnson and his former chancellor Rishi Sunak, the favourite to succeed Truss, held talks last night about a possible deal.
Tory MPs wishing to be a candidate in the race to become the next PM have to secure the support of 100 colleagues by tomorrow.
A candidate to be next Tory leader must secure the support of 100 Tory MPs by 2pm on Monday. A maximum of three MPs would be able to meet this threshhold.
- If only one candidate receives this level of backing, he or she will become Tory leader and the next PM.
- If all three candidates make the cut, a vote of MPs will take place between 3.30pm and 5.30pm on Monday, with the person in third place dropping out.
- If two candidates are left in the race, there will be an indicative vote of all Tory MPs between 6.30pm and 8.30pm on Monday to show who is the most popular candidate among members of parliament.
- If the second placed candidate stays in the race after the indicative vote, 180,000 party members will vote online on Friday October 28th, with the result announced on the same day.
Sunak, who fell out badly with Johnson when he resigned from his Cabinet in the summer, is ahead and speculation has mounted he could win without a contest.
Penny Morduant is the only declared candidate so far but is struggling to get close to 100 backers.
Rees-Mogg, speaking to the BBC, said Johnson will stand. If he and Sunak receive the support of 100 MPs, Tory members would pick the winner in an online ballot on Friday.
He said: "I have been speaking to Boris Johnson, and clearly he's going to stand, there's a great deal of support for him.”
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