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Rishi Sunak: Uk gets new Prime Minister

British Conservative Rishi Sunak has been announced the new United Kingdom prime minister and the country’s first leader of colour.

This is sequel to the failure of Liz Tories to fulfill her manifesto. Sunak capped a stunning reversal in fortunes by winning the leadership as early as Monday afternoon, following ex-premier Johnson’s unexpected move late Sunday.

The contest, triggered by outgoing leader, Truss’s resignation on Thursday, requires candidates to secure the support of at least 100 Conservative MPs by 2:00 pm (1300 GMT) on Monday.

Sunak had crossed that threshold by Friday night, ahead of declaring his candidacy on Sunday and amassing nearly 150 public nominations from Tory lawmakers.

Johnson’s withdrawal from the race before he had even formally announced his candidacy — left cabinet member Penny Mordaunt as the only other declared contender.

But she has struggled for momentum, attracting just two dozen public backers among her fellow MPs. Mordaunt is expected to come under growing pressure to abandon her leadership bid and end the contest quickly as Britain grapples with multiple crises.

If the 49-year-old resists and is able to garner 100 nominations, the race will be decided by the party’s roughly 170,000 members in an online vote later in the week. If it came to that, the result would be announced Friday.

Just two months ago, the members selected Truss over Sunak, who had more support among MPs. Mordaunt is popular with the grassroots.

First, however, the Tories’ 357 MPs would hold an “indicative” ballot from 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm on Monday to show members which candidate commands the most support within the fractious parliamentary party.

(Credit; AFP)
Ben Idah

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