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		</div><p>British Environment Secretary Michael Gove has confirmed he will formally enter the Conservative leadership race.</p>
<p>Speaking to the Press Association from his London home, the prominent Brexiteer said he will join an already crowded field after Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt and ex-Cabinet ministers Dominic Raab and Andrea Leadsom threw their hats into the ring.</p>
<p>He said:<em> “I can confirm that I will be putting my name forward to be prime minister of this country.</em></p>
<p><em>“I believe that I’m ready to unite the Conservative and Unionist Party, ready to deliver Brexit, and ready to lead this great country.”</em></p>
<p>As the Tory battle for Downing Street intensifies, Mr Gove’s intervention is likely to cause concern to current front-runner Boris Johnson.</p>
<p>A spectacular fall out between the two former allies in the 2016 leadership contest helped destroy both men’s chances of the top job.</p>
<div data-google-query-id="CK3o_rXpueICFbIcwwod-BoFsw">Mr Gove is posing as a self-styled “unity candidate”.</div>
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<p>Mr Hunt claimed his business background would help resolve Brexit, as the leadership tussle fired up with International Development Secretary Rory Stewart launching a strongly-worded attack on Mr Johnson.</p>
<p>Both Mr Raab and Mrs Leadsom have said they would be prepared to order a no-deal Brexit in October if necessary.</p>
<p>Mr Hunt told The Sunday Times: <em>“If I was prime minister, I’d be the first prime minister in living memory who has been an entrepreneur by background.</em></p>
<p><em>“Doing deals is my bread and butter as someone who has set up their own business.”</em></p>
<p>Mr Hunt’s emphasis on his entrepreneurial past is being seen as swipe at Mr Johnson, who reportedly once said “f*** business” in relation to Brexit.</p>
<p>In a reference to mythical sea monsters, Mr Hunt said. <em>“The real question is: who has got the experience to avoid the Scylla and Charybdis of no deal or no Brexit. I’ve got very important experience in that respect.</em></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">The star name will not always be the best choice. There may be times when Jiminy Cricket would make a better leader than Pinocchio.</p>
<p>&mdash; Rory Stewart (@RoryStewartUK) <a href="https://twitter.com/RoryStewartUK/status/1132272412366725120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 25, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><em>“We can never take no-deal off the table but the best way of avoiding it is to make sure you have someone who is capable of negotiating a deal.”</em></p>
<p>The comments came after Mr Johnson insisted he would take the UK out of the EU on October 31 with or without a deal.</p>
<p>Mr Raab told the Mail on Sunday he would prefer to leave the EU with a deal, but said the UK must “calmly demonstrate unflinching resolve to leave in October – at the latest”.</p>
<p>Mrs Leadsom, whose resignation helped trigger Mrs May’s dramatic resignation statement, told The Sunday Times that if elected PM, the UK would quit the EU in October with or without a deal.</p>
<p>She said: <em>“To succeed in a negotiation you have to be prepared to walk away.”</em></p>
<p>Sparks began to fly in the contest with Mr Stewart saying he would refuse to serve in a government led by Mr Johnson as he appeared to compare the ex-foreign secretary to Pinocchio.</p>
<p>Mr Stewart was scathing about Mr Johnson’s no-deal stance, insisting such a position is “damaging and dishonest”.</p>
<p>He told the BBC:<em> “I could not serve in a government whose policy was to push this country into a no-deal Brexit.</em></p>
<p><em>“I could not serve with Boris Johnson.”</em></p>
<p>In a clear dig at Mr Johnson, the International Development Secretary tweeted: <em>“The star name will not always be the best choice.</em></p>
<p><em>“There may be times when Jiminy Cricket would make a better leader than Pinocchio.”</em></p>
<p>Health Secretary Matt Hancock said he was running for leader because the party needs to look to the future and attract younger voters.</p>
<p>He said he would take a different approach to try and get Commons support for a Brexit deal than the one Theresa May used.</p>
<p>He said: <em>“She didn’t start by levelling with people about the trade-offs.</em></p>
<figure id="attachment_132646" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-132646" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/6B45C1A1-B86B-4C45-8685-2084FA0B42DD.jpeg"><img class="size-full wp-image-132646" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/6B45C1A1-B86B-4C45-8685-2084FA0B42DD.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="428" data-wp-pid="132646" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-132646" class="wp-caption-text">Theresa May announces her departure</figcaption></figure>
<p><em>“I think it is much, much easier to bring people together behind a proposal if you are straightforward in advance.”</em></p>
<p>Meanwhile, Chief Secretary to the Treasury Liz Truss has said she will not stand for the leadership.</p>
<p>She told the Sunday Telegraph she will back a contender who supported Leave in the 2016 referendum.</p>
<p>Labour has said it will trigger a Commons no-confidence vote in the new British prime minister when they take office.</p>
<p>The new Tory leader looks set to take over as prime minister at the end of July after Mrs May finally laid out a timetable for her exit from Downing Street.</p>
<p>The timetable for the contest will see nominations close in the week of June 10, with MPs involved in a series of votes to whittle down the crowded field to a final two contenders.</p>
<p>Tory party members will then decide who wins the run-off.</p>
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