British bookmakers consider former Prime Minister Boris Johnson to be one of the favorites to head the government.

Boris Johnson is the new second contender for the position of Tory leader after he appears to have won significant support among Conservative MPs, the Betfair betting wrote

The leader in the race for prime minister remains former Finance Minister Rishi Sunak. House of Commons leader Penny Mordaunt is in third place.

The Express earlier reported that Johnson is likely to run for prime minister. According to the Telegraph newspaper, he urged Conservative MPs to support his candidacy.

On the previous day, British Prime Minister Liz Truss announced that she was resigning after 44 days in office. In the history of the United Kingdom, she went down as the prime minister with the shortest tenure.