Five Conservatives to fight Johnson in the race to succeed David Cameron at Number 10

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  • Boris Johnson now faces a five-way leadership fight to replace Cameron
  • Tory MPs have been asked who they would be likely to support in contest
  • Leadership fight comes as warning Brexit could mean 'the death' of party
  • Seven per cent of those who voted for Leave now regret having done so
Leading Tories are fighting to become the ‘stop Boris’ candidate in the race to succeed David Cameron as Prime Minister. Boris Johnson’s chief leadership rival is Theresa May, but Jeremy Hunt, Nicky Morgan, Stephen Crabb and Andrea Leadsom – and possibly George Osborne – are all poised to launch challenges, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. Conservative MPs have been bombarded with calls from allies of would-be candidates seeking support since Mr Cameron announced he is to stand down following his shock defeat in the EU referendum – with Johnson strongly tipped to replace him after leading the Leave campaign to an against-all-odds victory.

The Tory leadership manoeuvrings came amid continuing turmoil over the Brexit referendum triumph.


  • Pro EU Conservative grandee Michael Heseltine said the result could lead to ‘the death of the Tory Party.
. The EU dealt a blow to Nicola Sturgeon’s renewed bid for Scottish independence, insisting the whole of the UK must quit the union
  • Vote Leave’s claims that they would slash immigration appeared to unravel after one of their leaders said there would be no change to the current EU freedom of movement rule
  • European leaders stepped up their campaign to speed up Britain’s exit from the EU, with a demand from an ally of French President Francois Hollande for Cameron to be ‘replaced immediately’
  • A Mail on Sunday poll showed seven per cent of those who voted Leave, equal to more than one million people, now regret having done so. Four per cent of Remain voters also regretted their decision
  • Credit agency Moody’s cut Britain’s outlook to ‘negative’ – meaning our credit rating could be downgraded
  • Boris Johnson’s economics adviser Gerard Lyons said that the City would withstand the economic shock of the Brexit vote
 
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