Three names have emerged so far to replace Truss: the current Minister for Relations with Parliament, Penny Mordauntwho presented his candidacy on Friday; Rishi Sunak, a former finance minister who had lost to Truss in early September; and Johnson, who resigned in July after a succession of scandals.
Whoever assumes the reins of the country faces a party fractured by divisionswith the labor opposition at the top of the polls and a serious economic crisiswith chaos in the markets and one inflation It hits highs in decades.
The fight between Johnson and Rishi Sunak dominated the front pages of the British press this Saturday. “Johnson and Sunak lead the race as hopes of unity evaporate”, headlined The Independent. While The Guardian wrote: “Conservative Tribes Go to War”.
Liz Truss
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On Friday night, an ally of Boris Johnson in Parliament, James Duddridgewarned that the former prime minister would return from his vacation to get into the fight for the party and country leadership. But Johnson, who left Parliament on July 20 saying “So long, baby!”even he did not officially announce his candidacyindicated the AFP news agency.
Although he has not yet announced his intentions, Sunak has already obtained the minimum support of 100 Conservative MPs to officially enter the race. If he presents himself, and no one else obtains this support, the former minister would automatically become the new leader of the party and prime minister.
Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak
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The political portal Guido Fawkes, which closely follows the support of the deputies to each possible candidate, registered until this Saturday some 107 “votes” for Sunak, 71 for Johnson and 25 for Mordaunt.
Applicants must submit before 2:00 p.m. (10:00 a.m. in Argentina) on Monday backing of at least 100 of the 357 Conservative MPs what’s in the House of Commonswhich limits the run to a maximum of three candidates.
representatives will celebrate two votes: the first will reduce the election to two candidates and the second will serve as “indication” party members about the preferred option of the deputies. Then, unless one of the two candidates withdraws, they will be the members of the Conservative Party those who settle the issue in an online vote on October 28.
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Truss resigned last Thursday from his position just six weeks after coming to powerin what is the shortest government in the history of the countryafter comings and goings of an economic plan that led her to lose the back even from his own Conservative Party.
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