When Liz Truss resigned from the post of Prime Minister last week, many believed that Boris Johnson was going to try the closure again. Johnson chose last night not to run. Thus, Britain is left with two familiar faces, whom the conservative voters know well from the election campaign just over six weeks ago. Both candidates have since tweeted their support for the former prime minister, hoping to attract his supporters. So far, Sunak seems to be the favourite, with 172 votes according to Sky News. If Mordaunt does not get enough votes, this could happen as early as this afternoon. Rishi Sunak on his way out of his campaign office Monday morning. Photo: Aberto Pezzali / AP – Great Britain is a great country, but we are facing a deep economic crisis, Sunak wrote in a message on Twitter at the weekend. – That is why I am standing for election as leader of the Conservative Party and as Prime Minister. I want to fix the economy, unite the party and make an effort for the country. On Monday, both Priti Patel and Michael Gove came out in support of Sunak. Patel is the latest in a line of Tories who have previously supported Boris Johnson, who now support Sunak. A recent opinion poll shows that the Conservative party, or “Tory”, has the lowest support in British history. This also showed an overview of the words people used when they were asked to describe the current government. At the top were “chaos”, “incompetent” and “useless”. Photo: Twitter Hasn’t given up As a result of Truss’s resignation, the party’s powerful 1922 committee, which makes the rules for such elections, has decided that one must have the support of over 100 MPs to go ahead in the election campaign . To be allowed to continue, Mordaunt must have completed this by 3pm today. Challenger Penny Mordaunt is still in the election campaign and is getting more and more supporters, said a spokesperson for her campaign at 11am today. – Penny talks to colleagues in the whole party. She achieves the goal and is in it to win, it was further stated in the statement. As it stands on Monday morning, Mordaunt has a long way to the top. Fewer than 30 conservative politicians have so far confirmed publicly that they support her. Penny Mordaunt currently leads the House of Commons in Great Britain. Photo: ISABEL INFANTES / AFP The economy was an important issue for Sunak when he fought against Liz Truss for the leadership this summer. He was one of those who warned against her economic policy. This summer he lost the match. Now he is the favorite to take over from him who won at the time, but who threw the cards last Thursday. On Sunday afternoon, Sunak had received support from 144 party members in Parliament, according to the BBC’s overview. The deadline expires at 3 p.m. The deadline for nominating more candidates is Monday at 3 p.m. Norwegian time. The result will be announced at 7 p.m. 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. For now, this seems to be the case for Sunak. If there are two or three candidates, the competition lasts until Friday. Party members must then vote online. When Sunak last stood as a candidate, it was Liz Truss who won the election. Today he is the favourite. Photo: SUSANNAH IRELAND / AFP Now the question is whether those who have not said anything yet in this parliamentary group will stand behind Penny Mordaunt. There are quite a few of them, says UK expert Øyvind Bratberg. For some, it is about the democratic process in the party, he believes. – Do you want to have a real vote for the members of the party again? If you want to have it, you need two candidates, i.e. Sunak and Mordaunt, and then you have to support her now. – One must have something in the form of legitimacy. And there are some who are concerned that the party’s grass roots should have had their say, and that there should not be a compromise where someone has pushed through a candidate who was not wanted. It was this early vote that Liz Truss won in the first round, even though Sunak was strong in the opinion polls before that.
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