Former Brexit minister Dominic Raab is leading the race to succeed Theresa May as prime minister.
Dominic Raab is emerging as a frontrunner to replace Theresa May as Conservative leader and prime minister.
However, moderates in the party say he would be a divisive choice who would lose the party centre ground voters.LONDON — Former Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab is leading the race to succeed Theresa May as Conservative leader and prime minister with dozens of Conservative MPs already privately backing him for PM.
A Cabinet source told Business Insider that Raab is currently"best-placed" to succeed May, with both the party membership and Members of Parliament likely to favour someone who has opposed the prime minister's deal throughout the process., the only propositions to gain majority support among Conservative MPs were on motions to leave the EU without a deal.
However, many of the party's moderate MPs believe he is too far to the right, with one party official telling BI that is he is"so right-leaning" and would represent"the complete end of [David] Cameron modernisation."
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