Rishi Sunak to Become UK Prime Minister After Rivals Drop Out of Race

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Former Chancellor Rishi Sunak is set to become Britainโ€™s next prime minister after both his rivals dropped out of the Conservative Party leadership race.

Penny Mordaunt, leader of the House of Commons, wrote on Twitter minutes before nomination closed at 2 p.m. that she had decided to pull out and Sunak now had her โ€œfull support.โ€

The only other contender, former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, had dropped out of the race on Sunday evening, admitting he could not unite the party.

In a televised address to the nation, Sunak said he was โ€œhumbled and honoredโ€ to be elected as leader of the Conservative Party.

โ€œIt is the greatest privilege of my life to be able to serve the party I live and to give back to the country I owe so much to,โ€ he said.

Sunak warned that the UK faces a โ€œprofound economic challenge.โ€

โ€œWe now need stability and unity and I will make it my utmost priority to bring our party and our country together,โ€ he said.

โ€˜Integrityโ€™ and โ€˜Professionalismโ€™

Sunak, who lost to Prime Minister Liz Truss in the last Tory leadership contest just six weeks ago, got overwhelming support from Conservative MPs.

In his statement announcing his renewed leadership bid on Sunday, he stressed that he would lead with โ€œintegrity, professionalism, and accountability,โ€ in an apparent attempt to contrast himself with the past two prime ministers, both of whom exited 10 Downing Street in disgrace.

Truss had no choice but to step down after her entire economic programme, based on massive unfunded tax cuts, was scrapped following negative reactions from the financial markets, which saw the pound fall sharply against the U.S. dollar and borrowing costs rise significantly for both the government and British households.

Byย Alexander Zhang

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