May 26, 2019

LONDON • The contest to replace Mrs Theresa May as British prime minister heated up yesterday, with five candidates now vying for a job whose central task will be to find a way to take a divided Britain out of the European Union.

Mrs May announced last Friday she was quitting over her failure to deliver Brexit, raising the prospect of a new leader who could seek a more divisive split with the EU, which could lead to confrontation with the bloc or a possible parliamentary election in Britain.

British Health Minister Matt Hancock became the latest figure to join the contest to replace Mrs May, following former foreign minister Boris Johnson, current Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, International Development Secretary Rory Stewart and former work and pensions minister Esther McVey.

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