UK PM RACE: RISHI SUNAK, LIZ TRUSS REACH FINAL ROUND

Wed 20 July 2022:

After winning the final vote among Conservative Party MPs, Rishi Sunak, a former finance minister, and Liz Truss, a former foreign secretary, will compete to succeed Boris Johnson as the next prime minister of the United Kingdom.

“Grateful that my colleagues have put their trust in me today. I will work night and day to deliver our message around the country,” Sunak posted on Twitter on Wednesday.

Sunak has led in all rounds of the voting among Conservative legislators but it is Truss who seems to have gained the advantage so far among the 200,000 members of the governing party who will ultimately choose the winner.

Grateful that my colleagues have put their trust in me today.

I will work night and day to deliver our message around the country.

Join the team at https://t.co/3cXn1rFhca pic.twitter.com/ro612xDAcL

— Ready For Rishi (@RishiSunak) July 20, 2022

Truss also took to social media to thank her supporters saying she is “ready to hit the ground running from day one”.

Thank you for putting your trust in me.

I’m ready to hit the ground running from day one.#LizForLeader pic.twitter.com/bCKE1LG94o

— Liz for Leader (@trussliz) July 20, 2022

Whoever wins when the results are announced on September 5 will take over during some of the most challenging economic times for Britain in recent years. The pound is trading near historic lows against the dollar, industrial action is on the rise, and inflation is on track to reach 11 percsent annually.

Polls show Truss would beat Sunak in the party members’ contest, opening up the chance that the party elects a leader who was not the most popular choice for MPs at Westminster.

Regardless of who wins, Britain is now guaranteed to get either its first prime minister of colour or its third woman leader.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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