THE race to replace Theresa May as Prime Minister has finally begun – with Boris Johnson, Dominic Raab and Jeremy Hunt in pole position. This morning Boris praised her “stoical service” to Britain as he quietly prepared to run to replace her. Minutes after her speech, he tweeted: “A very dignified statement from @theresa_may. Thank you for your stoical service to our country and the Conservative Party. It is now time to follow her urgings: to come together and deliver Brexit.” This afternoon he would have boosted his support among many right-wingers in the Tory party by saying today we have to get out of the EU by October 31 – deal or No Deal. “The way to get a good deal is to prepare for a no deal,” he said today at a conference in Switzerland. And he added: “A new leader will have the opportunity to do things differently and have the momentum of a new administration.”The job of our next leader has to be getting the UK properly out of the EU, putting Brexit to bed.” Other leadership contenders lined up to praise the PM this afternoon for her dignified speech, and for doing her best to try…