At the end of a second round of votes within the party, where there are now only five candidates in the running, Rishi Sunak, Penny Mordaunt and Liz Truss are the three favorites for the succession of Boris Johnson.
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The replacement race of Boris Johnson is tightening, without as much as a candidate has yet taken more decisive advantage. Thursday, July 14, after a second round of votes in the college of British conservative deputies, only five contenders for the president of the majority party in the House of Commons – therefore, to the function of Prime Minister of the Kingdom – Uni – stayed in the running.
Rishi Sunak, the ex-Chancellor of the Echiquier, whose resignation, on July 5, gave the grace of a Boris Johnson weakened by the scandals, comes first, with 101 votes. But the Secretary of State for Trade, Penny Mordaunt, almost unknown to the general public, has 83 and benefits from an astonishing dynamic, while the third serious candidate for the supreme post, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Liz Truss, has garnered 64 supports.
Kemi Badenoch and Tom Togendhat, the two surprises of this internal primary, are probably now too far behind, with 49 and 32 votes respectively, to be maintained during the voting tricks which will still take place every day, from the 18th July, until only two candidates remain. He will then return to the 180,000 members of the Conservative Party to decide between the duo, in August-the final result is expected for September 5.
Which of the three favorites – Rishi Sunak, Penny Mordaunt or Liz Truss – will enter Downing Street? No one risks a final prognosis in this ultra-fast campaign, characterized for the time being by the bitterness of exchanges and the poverty of the debates. 2>
ostentatious patriotism
Rishi Sunak, 42, relies on his experience in the government and his seriousness – he only promises to lower British taxes when inflation is mastered. To his defending body, this convinced Brexiter has become the candidate of the moderate wing of the party. Boris Johnson’s faithful do everything to defeat him, accusing him of having instrumentalized his fall. Nadine Dorries, the Minister of Culture, accuses her of having participated in a “blow” to push the Prime Minister at the start.
Jacob Rees-Mogg, Minister responsible for Brexit opportunities, also, without laughing, described as “socialist” Mr. Sunak, a former hedgerow funds and one of the richest politicians in the country. Oddly, it is Liz Truss, 46, ex-partner of maintenance in the European Union, which has the support of the right wing of the party. It must be said that she zealously defended the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill, this bill questioning the important sections of the Brexit Treaty, in rupture, according to Brussels, with the international commitments of the country.
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