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Tory leadershipThe Times
Jeremy Hunt, Boris, Michael Gove.

Threats, trickery of dirty race

As MPs filed in for last round of voting, they could talk of little but rivals’ “disgusting jiggery pokery”.

Henry Zeffman and Oliver Wright
Number 10The Times
Jo, 47, brother; Rachel, 53, sister; Carrie Symonds, 31, girlfriend; Boris, 54; Stanley, 78, father; Marina Wheeler, 55, estranged wife; Leo, 51, brother

Here come the Johnsons

Boris Johnson’s clan, with exes and half-siblings, has all the trappings of a modern family.

ROSAMUND URWIN and CAROLINE WHEELER
Tory leadership raceThe Times
Conservative MP Boris Johnson leaves a house in London on May 30, 2019. - Boris Johnson, considered the frontrunner to become Britain's next prime minister, must appear in court over allegations that he knowingly lied during the Brexit referendum campaign, a judge ruled Wednesday. Johnson, the former foreign secretary, will be summoned to appear over allegations of misconduct in public office, judge Margot Coleman said in a written decision, without specifying the date. (Photo by Tolga AKMEN / AFP)

Boris surges ahead

Boris Johnson surged into the lead in the race to be PM as he launched his campaign | WATCH

Henry Zeffman
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FILE - In this Thursday, March 23, 2017 file photo Britain's then Foreign Minister Boris Johnson listens to delegates in the United Nations Security Council on Somalia. Johnson, who visited Somalia last week, chairs a U.N. Security Council meeting on the humanitarian and political situation in the Horn of Africa nation. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Johnson faces misconduct accusations

Boris Johnson, the frontrunner to become Britain’s next PM, has been ordered to attend court over allegations that he knowingly lied during the Brexit campaign.

AFP
Brexit disasterThe Times
A combination of pictures created in London on May 26, 2019 shows recent pictures of declared contenders to replace Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May when she resigns on June 7: Britain's Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Secretary Michael Gove (L) and former foreign secretary Boris Johnson (R) both pictured leaving 10 Downing Street, central London. - The race to become Britain's next premier heated up on May 26, 2019 as Environment Secretary Michael Gove joined an already crowded field of hopefuls with competing visions of how to finally pull their divided country out of the EU. Gove's bid for the leadership in the aftermath of the 2016 Brexit referendum scuppered the chances of his one-time ally Boris Johnson, who is also running this time around and is seen as the current favourite. (Photo by STF / AFP)

Whoever wins, election looms

Tory leadership hopefuls can talk about no-deal or renegotiating Brexit but the same stark choice confronts them all.

Daniel Finkelstein
Brexit chaosWorld
FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018 file photo, Alastair Campbell, the former director of communications and strategy for former British Prime Minister Tony Blair stands on College Green near the Houses of Parliament, in London. One of the best-known figures in Britain’s Labour Party for the last 20 years, Alastair Campbell, says he has been expelled for backing another party in last week’s European election. Campbell became a famous figure as the pugnacious spin doctor to then-Prime Minister Tony Blair between 1997 and 2003. He has criticized the party’s lurch to the left under current leader Jeremy Corbyn and its failure to firmly back a new Brexit referendum. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

Labour icon expelled

Senior Labour figures admit voting LibDem in the EU poll as Tony Blair’s former press secretary is expelled.

Agencies
Brexit chaosThe Times
(FILES) In this file photo taken on June 24, 2016 Former London Mayor and

Tories embrace no-deal

Nigel Farage’s shock success in the EU elections has forced Conservative leadership contenders to take a tougher line on EU.

Oliver Wright and Francis Elliott

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