Boris Johnson now favourite to succeed David Cameron as Tory leader after Brexit announcement
Boris Johnson is now bookies' favourite to succeed David Cameron as leader of the Conservative Party after he announced he would vote for Britain to leave the EU.
Despite grovelling David Cameron spending weeks trying to woo Boris Johnson in the EU referendum battle, BoJo will be fighting against the Prime Minister in the campaign. Mr Johnson not only announced he will vote for Britain to leave the EU but he piled humiliation on the PM by breaking the news to him in a text message just nine minutes before going public.
Ambitious BoJo’s decision to back the Out campaign has been slammed as a cynical bid for the leadership of the party. A spokesman for the Remain campaign said: “This is the most nakedly self-serving piece of political positioning in years.
“Everybody in Westminster knows ...