Conservative lawmakers have been positioning themselves for a leadership contest for months. If more than two candidates emerge, lawmakers vote among themselves to narrow the field and then put two candidates to a vote by all Conservative Party members, who number approximately 120,000. Hard-line Brexit supporters will be determined to replace Mrs. May with someone from their ranks. But less ideological figures are likely to put themselves forward, too, including Jeremy Hunt, the foreign secretary, and Sajid Javid, the home secretary. Mrs. May’s fall echoed another leader’s, complete with sexist overtone.

Source: New York Times May 24, 2019 09:54 UTC