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Beyond May—The Tory Rivals Jostling to Be U.K. Prime Minister

LONDON (Capital Markets in Africa) – Prime Minister Theresa May’s decision to step down on June 7 has fired the starting gun for a Conservative Party leadership race that could redefine Britain’s exit from the European Union. Here’s a look at some of the possible candidates in what could be a bitter and dramatic contest. Boris Johnson—The Favorite Boris Johnson, or “Boris” as he’s known to just about everyone in politics, as a child wanted to be…

Boris Johnson as U.K. Prime Minister Is the EU’s Worst Nightmare

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LONDON (Capital Markets in Africs) – For European leaders watching Theresa May’s political death throes, a sense of inevitability has been replaced by one of fear. Rather than break the deadlock over Brexit, the departure of the British prime minister raises the prospect of what they’ve long considered their worst nightmare: a U.K. run by Boris Johnson, the man many inside the European Union blame for causing the mess with his campaign based on false promisesand then by…

Tearful Theresa May Quits as Brexit Breaks Her Premiership

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LONDON (Capital Markets in Africs) – An emotional Theresa May announced she will quit as Britain’s prime minister after admitting she had failed to deliver the one task that defined her time in office — taking the country out of the European Union. “I have done my best,” May said in a statement to cameras in the sunshine outside her Downing Street offices. “It is, and will always remain, a matter of deep regret to me that…