LONDON: Boris Johnson, who has pledged to deliver Brexit on Oct. 31, surged closer to power on Thursday when he won by far the most support from Conservative Party lawmakers in the first round of the contest to replace Prime Minister Theresa May. Johnson, the face of the official campaign to leave the European Union in the 2016 referendum, won the support of 114 Conservative lawmakers in the first round of the contest to replace May. He said: “Thank you to my friends and colleagues in the Conservative & Unionist Party for your support. Betting markets give Johnson, who has a long record of scandals and gaffes, a 70% probability of winning the top job. A postal ballot of the wider Conservative Party membership will then be held to pick a leader.

Source: Pakistan Today June 13, 2019 13:41 UTC