Osborne seen as likely Cameron successor
Speculations are growing in Britain that Finance Minister George Osborne is preparing to succeed Prime Minister David Cameron as the Tory leader when he steps down in 2020.
Osborne has denied that he is planning the move, but did not rule out that he is already considering the job.
“I owe it to him to do this job to the best of my ability until the day he stops being prime minister,” Osborne said in an interview with the Mail.
But pressed on what would happen when that contest arrives, he said: "Let's ... see how it flies."
Cameron sparked speculation about his successor after saying in a BBC interview weeks before May’s election victory that he didn’t intend to serve more than two terms as prime minister. That means a new Tory leader -- and premier -- would have to be in place by the next election in 2020, Bloomberg reported.
In a poll of Conservative Party members conducted by the ConservativeHome website on Monday, 32 percent backed Osborne as the new party leader. Next placed was business secretary, Sajid Javid, on 17 percent.
Javid rejected he is considering to succeed Cameron when asked by the BBC on Sunday, stressing that he has no aspirations to do so.
The British media say other key candidates to succeed Cameron are London Mayor Boris Johnson and Home Secretary Theresa May.
Kenneth O’Keefe, a UK-based political commentator, has told Press TV's UK Desk that Osborne will not bring about any major change to the British public if he is elected as prime minster to succeed Cameron.
O’Keefe said the future British leadership will continue to favor the rich and that certain unpopular policies like the austerity program will continue.
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