One Britain PM bet to get boot todayhome/News/World/One Britain PM bet to get boot todayLONDON: The 10 candidates running to replace Britain’s outgoing Prime Minister Theresa May face the first round of voting on Thursday (Friday in Manila), when at least one will get the chop. Conservative members of Parliament hold their first secret ballot in the governing party’s leadership contest, as they begin whittling down the contenders. All 313 lawmakers can vote and any candidate who does not garner the support of 16 colleagues will drop out. May, who remains prime minister, stepped down as party leader on Friday, having failed to deliver her plan for taking Britain out of the European Union (EU) after nearly three years in the post. Bookmakers have ex-Foreign secretary Boris Johnson as their odds-on favorite to win the contest to replace her.

Source: Manila Times June 13, 2019 16:41 UTC