The race to become Britain's next leader has been dominated by Brexit, but disrupted by domestic drama and Donald Trump.
Britain's 2016 decision to leave the European Union divided the country, upended its politics and ultimately defeated Prime Minister Theresa May. She resigned as Conservative Party leader last month after failing to win Parliament's backing for divorce terms with the EU.
Hunt and Johnson both vow to take Britain out of the EU, and say they will go back to EU leaders and get an improved deal that Britain's Parliament can accept. Those warnings have had little impact on the leadership race. Institute for Government researcher Tim Durrant wrote in a recent blog post that the debate was"increasingly untethered from the world as it is and instead speaks to the world as Conservative members would like it to be."Bookies and pollsters say Johnson — a flaxen-haired, Latin-spouting former London mayor — is the favorite to beat the competent but uncharismatic Hunt.
But questions about character have long dogged Johnson, and they resurfaced last month after police were called to a blazing row between the politician and his partner, Carrie Symonds. The story dominated the news for several days and revived memories of past Johnson misdeeds. In London, embarrassment at the leak was followed by anger that a respected British diplomat had been forced from his job by the U.S. president. Hunt joined other senior politicians in praising Darroch and chiding Trump, saying that"allies need to treat each other with respect."
Johnson conceded that his reluctance to publicly back Darroch had been"a factor" in the ambassador's decision to quit. But he insisted his views had been"misrepresented to Kim."Britain's next leader is being chosen by about 160,000 members of the Conservative Party. They amount to about 0.25% of the overall electorate — and are not a very representative sample.
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