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Gove: I’m not fit to be PM
(but I want the job anyway)
THE Tory leadership nominations ended in farce yesterday as favourite Boris Johnson dropped out, fatally holed after his Brexit campaigner pal Michael “I am not equipped to be prime minister” Gove threw his hat in.
Following a series of 11th-hour twists and developments the candidates for the Tory leadership race were finalised yesterday as Theresa May, Michael Gove, Stephen Crabb, Liam Fox and Andrea Leadsom.
Former London mayor Mr Johnson, who was by far the bookies’ favourite following last week’s Brexit vote, dramatically ruled himself out.
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