The british Weekly, Sat. June 22, 2019 Page 1 Ed Sheeran: the $750m touring machine - page 5 California’s British Accent ™ - Since 1984 Saturday, June 22, 2019 • Number 1788 Always Free AND THEN THERE WERE TWO.... Jeremy Hunt will face Boris Johnson in the race to be the next Tory leader and PM, after Michael Gove was eliminated in the final ballot of the party’s MPs on Thursday. Environment Secretary previous ballot, earlier Mr Gove was supported on Thursday, Mr Gove by 75 MPs - just two overtook his rival, only votes short of Mr Hunt’s to see his lead reversed 77. in the final MPs’ vote. Mr Johnson, who Before the final vote, JOHNSON AND HUNT: the final two contenders will be voted on by 160,000 party members nationwide was backed by 160 a source close to Mr Conservative MPs, said Hunt warned against more than half of all and meant momentum Andrew Gwynne said: few reporters lingering he was looking forward reigniting the “personal Tory MPs. was lost at that time.” “What a choice: the man around hiim for their to “getting out across the psychodrama” between Meanwhile, Mr Hunt, Mr Johnson and Mr who broke the NHS or attention. UK” and to set out his Mr Gove and Mr Johnson acknowledged Mr Hunt will now take the man who wants to Javid’s hopes of Brexit plan. - who spearheaded the Johnson as frontrunner part in hustings in front sell it to Donald Trump. taking up residence in He and Mr Hunt will Vote Leave campaign to become party leader of Conservative Party “A handful of Downing Street ended now be put to a vote of together in 2016, but and prime minister, members around the unrepresentative after his fourth-place around 160,000 party fell out after Mr Gove tweeting: “I’m the country, before the votes Conservative members finish in the latest Tory members. abandoned Mr Johnson’s underdog but in politics are counted, with the should not be choosing vote and the result, The winner will be previous leadership bid surprises happen as they final result expected to our next prime minister. while not as bad as some announced in the week to launch his own. did today.” be announced towards People should decide of his staff feared at one of 22 July. Following the result He went on to praise the end of July. through a general point, is nevertheless All 313 Conservative of the final ballot, Mr Mr Gove as one of the election.” disappointing for a man MPs voted - with one Gove congratulated his “brightest stars in the pint of lager The ballot of MPs who started the year as spoiled ballot recorded. rivals and said he was Conservative team”. They will also take earlier on Thursday the frontrunner. Mr Johnson’s victory “naturally disappointed Mr Gove’s campaign part in a head-to-head saw Home Secretary A source close to the had been widely but so proud of the manager, Mel Stride, debate on ITV on 9 Sajid Javid eliminated MP said he had known expected, but Mr Gove campaign we ran”. said he believed that Mr July, following previous from the contest. Mr. the game was up early and Foreign Secretary Former Foreign Gove’s admission that leadership debates Javid promptly downed in the day as the results Mr Hunt have been Secretary Mr Johnson he had taken cocaine hosted by Channel 4 and a pint of lager with from an initial ring- engaged for several said he was “deeply during the 1990s had the BBC. his campaign staff in a round of Rory Stewart’s days in a close fight honoured” to have damaged his bid, Labour’s national Westminster pub and backers were reported at for second place. In the gained the backing of adding: “It stalled us campaigns co-ordinator thanked the remaining cont. on page 2, col. 1 News from Britain 2-4 • Meet A Member 5 • Crossword 9 • Stargazing 9 • Sudoku 9 • Brits in LA 10 • Sean Borg 11 • Sport 18-20 Page 2 The british Weekly, Sat. June 22, 2019 News from Britain previously the chief months earlier, TORIES: executive of Vote Leave, according to an observer. and Nick King, a former It was only in the final cont. from page one special adviser to Mr stages that he found Javid. his voice — memorably an 8.30am meeting. saying that he was more “There were a lot key error Homer Simpson than of warm words for Saj Initial missteps Homer’s Iliad. but Rory people were included a poorly “Elliott and King saying, ‘Look, you are executed video and an turned him from the just too far behind. I embarrassing admission favourite into someone want to back someone that its campaign website beaten at one stage by a who is going to make the included a privacy rank outsider like Rory final two’,” a campaign policy cut and pasted Stewart,” the observer source said. from that on Dominic said. Raab’s site. The launch Mr Javid will want less sanguine was chaotic, although to take ultimate It has been one of NOT QUITE A BIG BEAST: The Home Secretary puts on a brave face his media team did a responsibility. He was the so-far unreported creditable job of turning too cautious and too quirks of the leadership station. would not do any media has left it on the rank as repeated delays because wooden. Although race that the campaign One stop down the and would not endorse just below the biggest of a Commons vote into he improved over the teams for Mr Javid and line the home secretary anybody. beast,”one said. an opportunity to charm course of the race, Jeremy Hunt were based based himself in his His team did their Others involved are waiting journalists. putting in a strong on the fifth and sixth large Commons office to best to gloss over the less sanguine about the The key error had performance during floors of the same block watch the results come in result. “My view is that outcome of a campaign been to fail to establish the television debate on of serviced offices near at 1pm. 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