Liz Truss

To be fair it will probably be Sunak to keep sensibility to the event but no idea if anyone will make a difference.

Sunak now well ahead in the PM race with one day left.
Boris has eased to 2/1, and Sunak firmed to 3/10.


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Me thinks Sunak is playing a dangerous game if he does become PM.

Then people wonder why Scotland want independence as far away from the Tories as possible

Plus poor grammar 😢

Johnson pulls out of race. Best news of the day

CnC 306 wrote:

Johnson pulls out of race. Best news of the day

Agree...but no good option exists...

The country needs a fresh start and only a GE can do that. This Gov have destroyed the economy, people’s lives and Britains standing in the world.

CnC 306 wrote:

The country needs a fresh start and only a GE can do that. This Gov have destroyed the economy, people’s lives and Britains standing in the world.

Would Labour be any better? I'm not saying the Tories have been good given their terrible picks as recent PMs...all too often, people are left with the choice of least bad rather than best...and the "leaders" do their own thing anyway so fast approaching the "what's the point of voting?" times...

Next government will be forced to raise taxes even if they campaign otherwise...only way to start balancing the budget and lowering cost of any borrowings...as to who pays the increased taxes is up for debate...

They can’t do any worse.

A Happy Diwali for him and the Hindu population in Uk and everywhere on this planet.

Rishi Sunak Named UK Prime Minister as Penny Mordaunt Pulls Out of Race
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Rishi Sunak, Britain's former Chancellor of the Exchequer and a contender to become the country's next Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative party, answers questions as he takes part in the final Conservative Party Hustings event at Wembley Arena, in London, on August 31, 2022 - Sputnik International, 1920, 24.10.2022
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After Boris Johnson pulled out of the race to Downing Street, 10, on Sunday, former UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak emerged as a favourite to replace Liz Truss, who resigned as former Conservative party leader and Prime Minister amid economic turmoil.
Former Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak is set to succeed Liz Truss as Conservative party leader, and thus UK Prime Minister, as Penny Mordaunt pulled out of the leadership race.
The country’s third PM in a year was announced by Sir Graham Brady, the chair of the 1922 Committee of backbench Tories, in the wake of the 2pm deadline for nominations.
After Boris Johnson’s dramatic exit from the Tory leadership race on Sunday night, and after would-be candidate Penny Mordaunt failed to garner the required number of at least 100 nominations from Conservative MPs, Rishi Sunak, became the frontrunner in the race.
If Sunak and Mordaunt had both received more than 100 nominations, it would have fallen to the 150,000 Tory party members to decide the result.
Sunak, who came second in the race to No 10 against Liz Truss over the summer, drummed up 178 Tory supporters by Monday, including Cabinet Office minister Nadhim Zahawi and Foreign Secretary James Cleverley.
Following Johnson’s withdrawal, Sunak praised the ex-PM, underscoring on Twitter that Johnson “delivered Brexit and the great vaccine roll-out” and “led our country through some of the toughest challenges we have ever faced.”

Britain would “always be grateful to him for that,” he wrote.
Johnson issued a statement on October 23, saying, “In the course of the last days I have sadly come to the conclusion that this would simply not be the right thing to do,” adding, “You can’t govern effectively unless you have a united party in parliament.”
The developments left Penny Mordaunt, who was unable to reach the previous contest’s run-off, falling short of just eight votes, under pressure to concede.
"Rishi has my full support. I am proud of the campaign we ran and grateful to all those, across all sides of our [Conservative] party, who gave me their backing," Mordaunt said on Twitter.

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Rishi Sunak, who launched his official campaign on Sunday, vowed that “fixing the economy” was his priority. The former chancellor promised to reunite the divided Tory party, pledging there would be “integrity, professionalism and accountability” in a government run by him.