This week has seen the second Prime Minister bow down to the pressure of Brexit, and the UK still remains without a deal to exit the EU with.
On the morning of Friday 24th May, the end of May really was the end of May as Theresa May announced that she will be resigning as Prime Minister of the UK on Friday 7th June. Effectively handing in her two weeks notice.
What next for the race for Prime Minister?
Friday 7th June – Theresa May will no longer be the UK Prime Minister
Monday 10th June – The leadership race for the Conservative party begins
Monday 15th July – This is the week that the result will be announced before parliament breaks for a week
The UK Prime Minister Runners and Riders
Much has been said about Boris Johnson who is currently favourite with the bookies to take the coveted Prime Minister role and lead the UK out of the EU with or without a deal.
Love him or loathe him, the Conservative party have long had an association with mavericks with three of the more notable Tory Primer Ministers being branded as such. Margaret Thatcher had a polarising ideologist type pinned on her, who would not have the ability to command parliament and ultimately connect with voters. Winston Churchill, something of a boozy bloviator clinging on to the gold standard, and Benjamin Disraeli who lacked any significant achievements at the time of election. All three of these great leaders went on to prove the odds wrong and won in a big way.
But who else is in contention? We check out some of the latest odds below.
Boris Johnson – 2.00 (evens)
Dominic Raab – 7.00 (6/1)
Michael Gove – 12.00 (11/1)
Jeremy Hunt – 15.00 (14/1)
Rory Stewart – 21.00 (20/1)
Andrea Leadsom – 21.00 (20/1)
Penny Mordaunt – 26.00 (25/1)
Sajid Javid – 26.00 (25/1)
Graham Brady – 26.00 (25/1)
Matt Hancock (The Health Secretary) – 41.00 (40/1)
Steve Baker – 51.00 (50/1)
Esther McVey – 67.00 (66/1)
