Rishi Sunak has a background as finance minister in Boris Johnson’s government. He got the ministerial post in 2020 after being state secretary in the Ministry of Finance for one year. This summer he fought for several weeks against Liz Truss for the leadership of the party. He was one of those who warned against her economic policy. 54 parliamentarians in the Conservative Party have so far voted for Sunak. 29 want Boris Johnson, according to the Reuters news agency. Boris Johnson during the press conference on 6 September, when he resigned as Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party. Photo: TOBY MELVILLE / Reuters Heavy support for Boris There has been a number of speculations that Johnson, who was pressured to resign as prime minister about six weeks ago, may try again. Business Minister Jacob Rees-Mogg has taken to Twitter to say he supports Johnson. Screenshot of Jacob Rees-Mogg’s Twitter message. Photo: Screenshot from 21/10/2022 Defense Minister Ben Wallace also has the former prime minister as his favourite. Johnson thus has the support of at least two members of the outgoing government. Wallace has previously been referred to as a current candidate for the leadership position. Defense Minister Ben Wallace supports Boris Johnson, and is thus not a candidate himself. Photo: DANIEL LEAL / AFP Penny Mordaunt in third place Penny Mordaunt is also well placed as a possible heir. 16 representatives stand behind her in the leadership race. On Friday afternoon, she confirmed that she is standing as a candidate. None of the others have officially announced that they are running. Mordaunt was the first woman in office as British defense minister, but had to leave shortly after Johnson became prime minister in 2019. She also fought for the leadership position this summer, and came in the top three. She recently gained a lot of attention when she stood in the House of Commons instead of Truss to answer questions about the economic chaos in the country. A source tells Sky News that Mordaunt is the candidate who can unite the party and beat the British Labor Party. Penny Mordaunt during the election campaign this summer. Photo: JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP Could be a quick clarification After Liz Truss resigned as Prime Minister on Thursday, it became clear that an heir could be in place as early as Monday. The deadline for nominating candidates is Monday at 3pm Norwegian time. The result will be announced at 7 p.m. Each candidate must have the support of at least 100 representatives in Parliament, according to the 1922 committee, which is responsible for the election. If only one of them gets that many votes before Monday, it will be the person concerned who will become the new prime minister and party leader. If there are two or three candidates, the competition lasts until Friday. Party members must then vote online. Labor leader Keir Starmer in his permanent seat in Parliament. Photo: JESSICA TAYLOR / AFP Does not want Truss to receive severance pay The leader of Labour, Keir Starmer, says that Liz Truss should not receive the £115,000 she is legally entitled to. Former prime ministers receive a pension of £115,000 a year for the rest of their lives. This corresponds to NOK 1.4 million. – She has not earned the right to this after 44 days, says Starmer to Sky News. He also demands that a parliamentary election be held no. He says that the conservatives cannot clean up the chaos by changing the people at the top again. – The conservative party has shown that it no longer has the mandate to govern, he says to Sky News. Prime Minister Liz Truss announces her own resignation outside No. 10 Downing Street in London. Support has fallen New surveys show that support for the Conservative Party in Great Britain has fallen to 14 per cent. Professor of politics at the University of Kent, Matthew Goodwin says that the results of the polls show that the Tories have historically low support among the public. – The closest was 17 per cent during the Brexit collapse in spring 2019. The party now only holds 29 per cent of those who voted for Boris Johnson in 2019 and 19 per cent of the Brexit votes, he says. According to the survey by PeoplePolling on behalf of GB News, 53 percent of Britons would vote for Labor if there was an election now, writes Sky News. A total of 1,237 people took part in the survey, and it was carried out on the same day that Trus announced his resignation.
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