British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is denying plotting to topple Prime Minister Theresa May, who has been weakened by the Conservative Party’s disastrous election result.
But May’s hold on power remained tenuous as she tries to finalize a deal with a small Northern Irish party to prop up her minority government.
Former Treasury chief George Osborne — who was fired by May last year — called her a “dead woman walking,” and opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn said he was ready to contest another election at any time.
Johnson, one of the Conservatives’ most popular politicians, tweeted that an article in the Mail on Sunday newspaper headlined “Boris set to launch bid to be PM as May clings on” was “tripe.”
“I am backing Theresa May. Let’s get on with the job,” he tweets.
— AP
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