(ANSA) - LONDON, OCTOBER 21 - Minister Penny Mordaunt, pragmatic brexiteer and current Leader of the House at the Cameradei Comuni, is the first candidate to officially step down for the succession to Liz Truss as Tory leader and next British Prime Minister.
I am in the running - tweeted Mordaunt, who came third in this summer's challenge after the resignation of Boris Johnson - "to unite the country, implement our commitments and win the next political elections".
Her candidacy anticipates the expectations of the two favorites: former Chancellor of the Exchequer RishiSunak and Johnson himself, credited with a possible return to the saddle.
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