Who would be the front-runners in the event of a leadership spill?



-Oliver

I think whoever it was, they would have to be a Brexiteer. Theresa May was a quiet supporter of Remain, and because of that there has always been a suspicion among the Eurosceptics that her heart was not really in it. (Nigel Farage called her 'duplicitous' in a tweet today)

There has never been any doubting Boris Johnson's ambition to be Prime Minister, same with Michael Gove. They both threw their hat into the ring last time when David Cameron resigned. Jacob Rees-Mogg suggested former Brexit secretary David Davis (who resigned in July). There were suggestions from a Scottish MP today that Dominic Raab sees himself as a contender for the PM's job, and that's why he resigned today.