NEXT BRITISH PM WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON MONDAY AT 1130 GMT

Fri 02 September 2022:

The result of the British Conservative Party leadership contest will be announced at 1130 GMT on Monday, the party said on Friday.

Polls have projected foreign Secretary Liz Truss will beat former finance minister Rishi Sunak to become Britain’s next prime minister.

Who is running in the contest?

In the blue corner, we have the foreign secretary, Liz Truss, and in the blue corner we have the former chancellor Rishi Sunak.

When will the winner be announced?

The candidate who receives the most votes will be revealed on Monday by Sir Graham Brady, the chair of the 1922 Committee, a gathering of Conservative backbench MPs. It was set up in 1923 for the large influx of inexperienced Tory MPs following the 1922 Conservative election landslide.

Who is expected to win?

The new leader and prime minister of the UK is widely expected to be Truss (a sentence many never expected to read).

What will happen when the new leader and PM is announced?

The formal handover will take place on Tuesday. The Queen is recovering from the outgoing prime minister’s tenure in her Scottish pile Balmoral and will appoint the new PM there, which will be a challenge as it requires the winner to leave Westminster.

And what of Boris Johnson?

Johnson is expected to make a farewell address outside 10 Downing Street at about 9am on Tuesday. It is not known whether he has written two versions of the speech, one based on staying, one based on leaving.

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