Tory Leadership: Jeremy Hunt To Face Johnson Amid Tactical Voting Claims

London: Former British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Jeremy Hunt will go head-to-head to become the country’s new Prime Minister amid claims that tactical voting knocked Environment Secretary Michael Gove out of the race. Johnson’s team has denied such tactics - but at least one backer suggested some MPs may have switched votes to end Gove’s campaign, the BBC reported. Thursday’s vote put Johnson and Jeremy Hunt top in the race and they will now battle it out to become the next Prime Minister. Hunt promised Johnson “the fight of his life” in the coming weeks, the report said. Johnson’s place in the final two had been widely expected as he had been the frontrunner in all four previous ballots of Conservative MPs, with Gove and Hunt vying for second spot. (IANS)

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