Theresa May has announced she will resign as Conservative Party leader on June 7, following a furious backlash to her last-ditch Brexit plan. The PM’s husband Philip May, chief of staff Gavin Barwell and communications chief Robbie Gibb watched her deliver her resignation speech outside No.10. Boris Johnson, the Brexiteer former foreign secretary, is currently seen as the frontrunner to replace her. But several other senior Tories, including ex-Brexit Secretary Dominc Raab, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, Home Secretary Sajid Javid and Environment Secretary Michael Gove are all expected to throw their hat into the ring. Ken Clarke, the former Tory chancellor and veteran MP, predicted the contest would be “six weeks of chaos”.

Source: Huffington Post May 24, 2019 09:20 UTC