Former British foreign minister Boris Johnson made what was seen as a blatant pitch to replace Prime Minister Theresa May as Conservative leader on Tuesday, damning her Brexit plans while calling for his party to regain its confidence, Reuters reports.
In a speech which delighted an audience at the Conservative Party conference, Johnson called for no new taxes and extra health service spending whilst the room erupted into cheers when he said May needed “to chuck Chequers”, as her Brexit proposals are known.