Boris Johnson drops out of Tory leadership race (BBC)

Start Date: Sunday, October 23, 2022

Last Modified: Sunday, October 30, 2022

End Date: Friday, December 31, 9999


Boris Johnson has announced will not stand for the Tory leadership.


He is saying that despite having the support of the MPs required to run, he had come to the conclusion "this would simply not be the right thing to do" as "you can't govern effectively unfewer you have a united party in Parliament".


He says he had the backing of 102 MPs, the BBC's Political Editor Chris Mason reports.
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