– It is simply not the right thing to do, Johnson says about further participation in the battle to become party leader and prime minister in the UK and continues: – You cannot govern effectively if you do not have a united party in parliament. Thus, it seems that the way is clear for Rishi Sunak to take over as both party leader and prime minister. The rules for the election are such that the candidates must have the support of over 100 MPs to move forward in the process. If only one of the candidates has this, the election does not go to a primary vote among the members of the Tory party. So far, the third and final candidate, Penny Mordaunt, only has the support of 26 colleagues in Parliament. Sunak has 146 59 Conservative MPs officially supported Johnson’s candidacy. Candidates need a hundred MPs behind them to continue in the leadership race. In the statement, Johnson says that he had the support of 102 party members, and that, if he wished, he could continue the election campaign. – I believe that I have a good starting point to give the Conservatives an election victory in 2024, and there is a good chance that I would win a primary vote, he says. But as he has not been able to reach an agreement with Sunak and Mordaunt, and has not received broad support in the party, he chooses to resign. For this time. – That is why it is best that I resign and support whoever becomes the new leader. I think I have a lot to offer, but I’m afraid that this is simply not the right time, concludes Johnson.
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