Be it Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak, the incoming leader will inherit a party in deep trouble.
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What would moralists and realists say about the UK’s recent political turmoil?
Both Churchill and Johnson had a complicated relationship with the Conservative Party.
A UK plan to move asylum seekers on its shores to Rwanda has been met with stiff opposition from human rights organizations. But the UK persists, and Rwanda is all too willing.
Do party members choose their preferred leader or the candidate who is more popular with the wider public?
Boris Johnson is about to leave 10 Downing Street to be replaced by one of two colleagues. His history in the top job is a chequered one.
The two front runners are more likely to face a right-wing candidate like Liz Truss than each other in the final phase of the race to replace Boris Johnson.
The scandals attract all the attention but the real problems in Johnson’s administration ran much deeper.
Conservative MPs vote in the first round and members in the second.
Uncertain economic policy can have lasting effects on financial markets
The minister revolt against Boris Johnson wasn’t anti-democratic - it’s representative democracy in action.
A play-by-play of the prime minister’s chaotic final days.
“Them’s the breaks” shrugs a departing prime minister.
Johnson will remain prime minister until a new party leader is chosen - which could take months.
University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and Assistant Professor Caroline Fisher discuss the week in politics
The UK prime minister tendered his resignation after a slew of resignations by former allies in his government.
Johnson is not the first world leader to prioritise his own ambitions over meaningful governance.
A look at the runners and riders in the Conservative leadership race.
He hardly has any government ministers and his own cabinet tried to force him to resign. What is going on?
Over the course of an extraordinary 24 hours, dozens of Conservative MPs have written to Boris Johnson to announce their resignation from his government following multiple scandals. Many of these letters…
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Paul Whiteley is a Friend of The Conversation.Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex
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