Johnson Pulls out of Conservative Party Leadership Race

On Sunday, UK's former Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he will not stand in the Conservative Party leadership race to succeed Liz Truss following her resignation.

Johnson claimed he had the needed support but decided not to run because "this would simply not be the right thing to do” as “you can’t govern effectively unless you have a united party in parliament."

He said that due to the failure to come to terms with your age and Mordon, "I am afraid the best thing is that I do not allow my nomination to go forward and commit my support to whoever succeeds.”

“I believe I have much to offer but I am afraid that this is simply not the right time,” the former prime minister said.

His statement released on Sunday night added that he had 102 backers. “I believe I am well placed to deliver a Conservative victory in 2024 – and tonight I can confirm that I have cleared the very high hurdle of 102 nominations, including a proposer and a seconder, and I could put my nomination in tomorrow. There is a very good chance that I would be successful in the election with Conservative party members. But in the course of the last days, I have sadly come to the conclusion that this would simply not be the right thing to do.”