Boris Johnson wins key Brexit backing in Tory leadership race BorisJohnson
British leadership favourite Boris Johnson won the endorsement of a key Brexit-backing rival on Wednesday despite accusations he was softening his rhetoric on leaving the EU.
One of them will be eliminated in another ballot of Conservative MPs later Wednesday, before further votes on Thursday to whittle the field down to a final pair. During a television debate on Tuesday evening, Johnson said further delay would cause a “catastrophic loss of confidence in politics”. International Development Secretary Rory Stewart, the only one of the candidates to rule out leaving the EU with no deal, continued his unlikely progress with 37 votes.
Tuesday’s BBC debate was the first of the campaign to feature Johnson, who dodged one on Sunday and has kept his public and media appearances to a minimum. She struck an exit deal with Brussels last November, but failed three times to get it through parliament’s lower House of Commons.
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