Boris Johnson tops first-round Tory vote for British prime minister
Johnson lead the campaign to leave the EU in 2016
13 June 2019 - 15:51
London — Brexit hardliner Boris Johnson topped the ballot by a landslide on Thursday in a first-round vote for a leader to replace British Prime Minister Theresa May as the deadline for leaving the EU looms.
In the ballot of Conservative MPs, former London mayor Johnson secured more than twice the number of votes won by his nearest challengers as three of the 10 candidates were eliminated from the race...
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