It’s Boris or another guy. But basically it’s Boris

  • In most places, you could select the new leader of a group with one vote, maybe two if it’s close. But the U.K. isn’t most places, and the Conservatives aren’t just any group.
  • After five separate votes, they’ve narrowed it down to two candidates who will now spend four weeks touring the country to persuade the party membership to back them in yet another vote.
  • The main thing is, Boris Johnson will face Jeremy Hunt amid rumors some of the Boris camp voted for Huntin a bid to get an easier opponent for the last round. Hunt’s chances are seemingly very, very small. 
  • However, their visions for Brexit are similar: both want to deliver on the referendum result of 2016, both want to ditch or renegotiate the Irish backstop in the existing accord brokered by May, and both are prepared to contemplate a no-deal Brexit if they can’t get the changes they want.

 (Source: Bloomberg)