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In July, Johnson defeated former Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt to reach 10 Downing Street. He obtained 66.4 percent of the votes of Conservative MPs, compared with 33.6 percent for Hunt.
Hunt was Johnson’s last remaining challenger after other rivals, including Michael Gove and Rory Stewart, were defeated.
Currently, Mr. Hunt chairs the influential Health and Welfare Selection Committee.
Hunt was hampered in his bid to appeal to the Brexit backing Conservative members for their support for a ‘Stay’ vote during the 2016 referendum.
Speaking to Sky News, he said: “I have certainly dodged a bullet, there is no doubt when you look at the year poor Boris has had.
“It has been a very tough year for anyone who was prime minister, there is absolutely no question about it.
“I would have loved to have done the job, but I recognize that Boris Johnson did something very important and that is that he got a majority of 80 seats for the Conservatives.”
Johnson defeated Jeremy Corbyn’s Labor Party in the December 2019 general election.
His Conservatives received 43.6 percent of the vote compared to 32.1 percent for his left-wing rival.
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President Trump later said that Johnson confided to him that at the time “he thought it was all over.”
However, during an interview with The Sun, Mr. Johnson said that he “never thought he would not return.”
The Prime Minister was released from St Thomas Hospital on April 12.
Seventeen days later, Carrie Symonds gave birth to the couple’s son.
Britain has a higher coronavirus death toll than any other country in Europe at more than 41,000.
It also has the most confirmed COVID-19 cases on the continent with 339,000.
During his interview with Sky News, Hunt revealed that Johnson had “very kindly” offered him a cabinet position.
This was rejected because “I wanted to spend a little more time with my guys.”
However, Mr. Hunt joked that “after five months with them I am solidly beginning to question that decision.”
Due to the coronavirus lockdown, the British economy contracted 20.4 percent between April and June compared to the previous three months.
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