nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20200408-152959-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 200408s2020||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20200408-152959-0 doi eng 342 23 King, Jeff Author aut A Prime Minister in Hospital: the Constitutional Implications King, Jeff Verfassungsblog 2020-04-08 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Following the news that the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has been taken to hospital for treatment for COVID-19, there has been much discussion about what should happen if he should die or become incapacitated. Who would take over and how would such a successor be chosen? What is the role of Dominic Raab, the Foreign Secretary, who has been designated to deputise for him in his absence? And how do we find the answers to the above questions, given the UK has no codified Constitution to consult? funded by the government CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Boris Johnson Coronavirus Phillipson, Gavin Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/a-prime-minister-in-hospital-the-constitutional-implications/ raw object