UPDATE: Rishi Sunak to be next UK Prime Minister
After the controversial Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson stepped down from the race to be re-instated as British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak and Penelope M. Mordaunt aka ‘Penny’ were the only two left in the race. Penny needed at least 100 backers to stay in the race, but she managed just 96 - four short - and left Sunak to take the top spot.
It completes a remarkable few days that started with Mary Elizabeth Truss aka ‘Liz’ resigning last Thursday and has culminated with the elevation to PM of the very man she defeated during the leadership race earlier this summer.
Sunak will be formally appointed to the role in a handover of power overseen by the King within the coming days when, aged 42, he will be the youngest PM for more than 200 years.
Meanwhile, Sunak has moved quickly to quash opposition demands for an early general election.
He is also reported to have told Tory MPs that they must “unite or die”, as he prepares to embark on what is likely to be a series of unpopular spending cuts during a cost-of-living crisis.
See previous article published October 23, 2022
UPDATE: Boris Johnson pulls out of UK PM race
Controversial United Kingdom (UK) former Prime Minister Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson has pulled out of the contest to become the next Conservative Party leader and therefore the next prime minister, Britain’s PA Media news agency reported Sunday, October 23, 2022.
His decision leaves the path to No 10 open for Rishi Sunak, the former chancellor, who has a commanding lead over Penelope Mary Mordaunt.
Johnson claimed to have garnered the support of 100 MPs – the minimum number required to clear the threshold to appear on the ballot for the Conservative Party membership – but declined to run, saying “this would simply not be the right thing to do” as “you can’t govern effectively unless you have a united party in Parliament,” according to PA.
On Sunday, several long-time allies of Mr Johnson, including Sue-Ellen Cassiana Braverman aka ‘Suella’ and Steve John Baker, threw their support behind Mr Sunak, the frontrunner in the race.
See previous article published October 23, 2022
Rishi Sunak leads race for UK Prime Minister
Former British Treasury chief Rishi Sunak was the frontrunner Sunday, October 23, 2022, in the Conservative Party's race to replace Mary Elizabeth Truss as prime minister. Sunak garnered the public support of over 100 Tory lawmakers to forge ahead of his two main rivals: former Prime Minister Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson and ex-Cabinet minister Pennelope Mary Mordaunt.
Sunak, the former British Chancellor and a visible star within the Conservative Party, officially announced his bid today to become the next prime minister of the United Kingdom.
His announcement was all but a formality, as he had been tapped as a likely potential candidate to replace Truss, who announced her resignation as Prime Minister after just 45 days in office amidst a growing economic crisis in the UK.
The Conservative Party hastily ordered a contest that aims to finalise nominations Monday and install a new prime minister — its third this year — within a week.
Sunak, 42, was runner-up after Truss in this summer's Tory leadership race to replace Johnson after he was forced out by a string of ethics scandals.
Sunak has the backing of at least 124 Conservative lawmakers, according to unofficial tallies compiled by British news organizations. That's well ahead of the 100 nominations required to qualify.
Johnson, who has not yet declared if he is running, has public support from about 50 lawmakers so far, while Mordaunt had support from about 23, according to the unofficial tallies.
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32 Responses to “UPDATE: Rishi Sunak to be next UK Prime Minister”
Will we’re calling for Mr Sunak since he fell out of grace with Borris Johnson, and at least he did not have an affair with a married you know.
Anyway even if he can win and stabilize the British economy he must also get it right with the Russians!
He proved very strategic not to have come out against the ill lost to what’s her name.
Nothing will change the bankers got their man, now let's see their next move.
And besides, Rishi is tee-total & just works, he doesn't party!
Maybe in racist Trump USA, you might have been correct
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So mote to be.
Where did you get those ideas? Salassie looked very much like the East Indians. So based on appearance, why would they object to his rulership? Indeed, he did not consider himself to be black like, for example, the West Africans.
He was Emperor from 1930 but freed the Ethiopian slaves in 1942 only after pressure from the British who helped him drive out the Italians. So why do you stand up for him?