Who takes over from coronavirus-hit UK PM if he can't lead?

LONDON: Britain's constitution offers no clear answer to the question now on many Britons' minds: What happens if Prime Minister Boris Johnson, undergoing tests in hospital after persistent symptoms of coronavirus, cannot continue to lead? Mr Johnson was admitted to...

LONDON: Britain's constitution offers no clear answer to the question now on many Britons' minds: What happens if Prime Minister Boris Johnson, undergoing tests in hospital after persistent symptoms of coronavirus, cannot continue to lead?

Mr Johnson has said he can keep working from self-isolation in his Downing Street residence, just as health secretary Matt Hancock, who also tested positive for the virus, has done.

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