ASHENEWS reports that the race to becoming next British Prime Minister is open for former chancellor Rishi Sunak who is leading nominations among Tory members of parliaments with 144 supporters.
Truss stepped down last week after taking failed economic measures which polled her down among citizens.
Boris Johnson, Truss’ predecessor indicated his interest for a come back. He had the public backing of 59 Tory MPs but had to reach 100 to proceed in the race.
On Sunday, several long-time allies of Mr Johnson, including Suella Braverman and Steve Baker, threw their support behind Rishi Sunak, the frontrunner in the race.
Also, the leader of the House of Commons, Penny Mordaunt MP (One of three persons contesting) has 24 supporters ahead of closing time on Monday (5:00 pm), 24th October 2022.
The former prime minister confirmed that he had “cleared the very high hurdle of 102 nominations”, but came to the conclusion that “this is simply not the right time”.
“And though I have reached out to both Rishi and Penny – because I hoped that we could come together in the national interest – we have sadly not been able to work out a way of doing this”.
Mr Johnson said while he was “attracted” to support from his colleagues, he added “you can’t govern effectively unless you have a united party in parliament”.
