Britain’s former Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak has won the first round of voting to succeed Boris Johnson as the next Conservative leader and prime minister.

As the race for the leadership of the UK ruling Conservative Party heats up the fight for who will become the next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom turns ugly as contenders show their true colours.

There is much skepticism in the EU that relations between the 27-nation bloc and Britain will improve once Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves office.

The scandal ridden British Prime Minister, “The Right Honourable” Boris Johnson, has resigned after over 50 conservative members of parliament quit the government within two days.

A growing number of senior Conservatives in the UK are advancing plans to oust Boris Johnson as Tory leader and prime minister, the Guardian reports.

The leader of the Conservative party in Wales has been forced to quit his job after he breached Covid-19 rules against the consumption of alcohol in pubs.

There have been calls in the House of Commons for the army to be deployed to contain a growing Covid-19 crisis in Essex.