The Brexit advocates, and former British foreign Minister, Boris Johnson, wants to compete as a candidate for the succession of the Prime Minister Theresa May at the helm of the Conservative party. "Of course I'm going to apply to me," Johnson said on the sidelines of a speech in Manchester. Johnson is one of the toughest proponents of the withdrawal of his country from the European Union, and was in action in July last year to Protest against Mays in Brexit negotiations, resigned.
Except for Johnson have also shown other politicians of the Conservative party, for your interest in the highest party office web. In the case of the Tories, it is common that the party leader always has to claim to the Post of Prime Minister if the Conservatives currently in government.
because of its Brexit policy from all sides attacked May put your withdrawal for the case, in view of that the Parliament adopted the Brexit-the exit agreement. May have failed already this year, three times in order to bring the exit of the Treaty by the British Parliament. The deadline for the planned EU exit, therefore, up to 31. October extended. May announced this week that she wanted to leave in the first week of June, again with the EU negotiated the Treaty to the vote.
A date for your resignation May not be called yet. You had to do on the Thursday before the leadership of the influential 1922 Committee of conservative MPs compete. There, she announced, according to British media, after the Brexit vote at the beginning of June with a concrete timetable for your withdrawal to announce.