Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Raab doesn’t run for leadership

Raab
  • Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab will not run for leadership.
  • Raab’s was eliminated in the second round of voting by MPs.

Dominic Raab, the current deputy prime minister, will not run in the next leadership election to succeed Boris Johnson.

Raab’s allies have indicated that he will not run for prime minister following Johnson’s resignation on Thursday.

Raab ran in the 2019 election but was eliminated in the second round of voting by MPs. Later, he supported Johnson.

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Zelenskyy says Johnson’s resignation is ‘sadness’

Zelenskyy
  • Volodymyr Zelenskyy says news of Boris Johnson’s resignation was met with “sadness” in Kyiv.
  • Both leaders discussed the possibility of future cooperation between their nations.
  • “My entire office and all Ukrainians are grateful to you for your help.”

In a phone call, Zelenskyy informed Boris Johnson that the news of his resignation was met with “sadness” in Ukraine, where the departed British prime minister has been lauded for the rapid dispatch of weapons and other help to oppose Russia’s invasion.

“We all heard this news with sadness. Not only me, but also the entire Ukrainian society, which is very sympathetic to you,” Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a statement on Thursday.

“My entire office and all Ukrainians are grateful to you for your help. We have no doubt that Great Britain’s support will be preserved, but your personal leadership and charisma made it special,” Zelenskyy added.

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