Rishi Sunak has met Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon for their first face-to-face summit since becoming Prime Minister.
24.10.2022 - 16:05 / deadline.com
Rishi Sunak is to become the UK’s next Prime Minister, the third in three months.
The news was confirmed minutes ago, as the former Chancellor of the Exchequer became the only Conservative politician to draw the support of 100 or more party MPs and qualify to run for the country’s top political job, following the resignation of Liz Truss. Sunak was nominated by 182 MPs.
Penny Mourdant, the only other MP to seek office, was unable to hit the support threshold, making Sunak the de facto winner.
Sunak becomes the first Person of Colour to lead the UK.
Sunak will replace Truss later this week. She unceremoniously resigned last week after a disastrous spell as PM, during which the pound crashed and she was forced to almost completely backtrack on her economic plans against a chorus of disapproval. Truss is by far and away the shortest serving UK Prime Minister in history.
Sunak served as Chancellor of the Exchequer under Truss’ predecessor Boris Johnson, but is blamed by many Johnson supporters for playing a key role in the plot that ousted the former Prime Minister when 62 of his key government politicians resigned en masse in July, following a series of scandals.
Johnson explored running against Sunak for the top job again this week, with several high profile politicians who had previously turned against him making public declarations of support, but he ultimately did not stand.
Feverish, and at times comical, speculation has been taking place across the British media over the weekend over whether Johnson would stand again but he dramatically confirmed he was out the race last night after cutting short a holiday in the Caribbean. He cited the fact that he had failed to reach a deal with either Sunak or Mordaunt.
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Rishi Sunak has met Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon for their first face-to-face summit since becoming Prime Minister.
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