{"id":14031,"date":"2022-10-24T06:43:04","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T13:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldcampaign.net\/?p=14031"},"modified":"2022-10-24T06:43:04","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T13:43:04","slug":"rishi-sunak-to-become-uks-pm-after-mordaunt-joins-johnson-in-withdrawing-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldcampaign.net\/?p=14031","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Rishi Sunak to become UK\u2019s PM after Mordaunt joins Johnson in withdrawing&#8221;, The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rowena Mason,\u00a0Whitehall editor, London, 24 Oct 2022<\/p>\n<aside class=\"dcr-1aul2ye\" data-gu-name=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"dcr-zjgnrw\" data-gu-name=\"standfirst\">\n<div class=\" dcr-ai6lo6\">\n<p><em>Now that the former chancellor\u2019s two leadership rivals have pulled out, Conservative <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2022\/oct\/24\/sunak-poised-become-uk-pm-mordaunt-johnson-withdraw\">members will not have a say in the contest<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/live\/2022\/oct\/24\/uk-politics-live-rishi-sunak-penny-mordaunt-boris-johnson-withdrawal-nominations-deadline-tory-leadership-contest-race\" data-link-name=\"in standfirst link\">Tory leadership contest &#8211; latest updates<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dcr-pn0kqp\" data-gu-name=\"media\">\n<div class=\"dcr-krkkhw\">\n<div class=\"dcr-16n5mgq\">\n<figure id=\"0c5cc53b-fb54-4276-887a-5dad961f9bd3\" class=\"dcr-13udsys\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1b267dg\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1b267dg\"><picture class=\"dcr-4zleql\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/b5de27cc4947ee286a8471bcfca6e0da6cac9eac\/0_23_1920_1152\/master\/1920.jpg?width=620&amp;quality=45&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=none\" media=\"(min-width: 980px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 980px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/b5de27cc4947ee286a8471bcfca6e0da6cac9eac\/0_23_1920_1152\/master\/1920.jpg?width=620&amp;quality=85&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none\" media=\"(min-width: 980px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/b5de27cc4947ee286a8471bcfca6e0da6cac9eac\/0_23_1920_1152\/master\/1920.jpg?width=700&amp;quality=45&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=none\" media=\"(min-width: 740px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 740px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/b5de27cc4947ee286a8471bcfca6e0da6cac9eac\/0_23_1920_1152\/master\/1920.jpg?width=700&amp;quality=85&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none\" media=\"(min-width: 740px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/b5de27cc4947ee286a8471bcfca6e0da6cac9eac\/0_23_1920_1152\/master\/1920.jpg?width=620&amp;quality=45&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=none\" media=\"(min-width: 660px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 660px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/b5de27cc4947ee286a8471bcfca6e0da6cac9eac\/0_23_1920_1152\/master\/1920.jpg?width=620&amp;quality=85&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none\" media=\"(min-width: 660px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/b5de27cc4947ee286a8471bcfca6e0da6cac9eac\/0_23_1920_1152\/master\/1920.jpg?width=645&amp;quality=45&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=none\" media=\"(min-width: 480px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 480px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/b5de27cc4947ee286a8471bcfca6e0da6cac9eac\/0_23_1920_1152\/master\/1920.jpg?width=645&amp;quality=85&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/b5de27cc4947ee286a8471bcfca6e0da6cac9eac\/0_23_1920_1152\/master\/1920.jpg?width=465&amp;quality=45&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=none\" media=\"(min-width: 320px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 320px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/b5de27cc4947ee286a8471bcfca6e0da6cac9eac\/0_23_1920_1152\/master\/1920.jpg?width=465&amp;quality=85&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none\" media=\"(min-width: 320px)\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"dcr-4zleql\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/b5de27cc4947ee286a8471bcfca6e0da6cac9eac\/0_23_1920_1152\/master\/1920.jpg?width=465&amp;quality=85&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none\" alt=\"Sunak and Mordaunt\" width=\"465\" height=\"279\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"dcr-64806o\"><span class=\"dcr-19x4pdv\">While Sunak had won the backing of 157 Tory MPs by Sunday evening, Mordaunt had only mustered 30.<\/span> Photograph: PA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dcr-1jw1u7l\" data-gu-name=\"body\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1nt0e1s\">\n<div id=\"maincontent\" class=\"dcr-1gnfftb\">\n<div class=\"article-body-commercial-selector article-body-viewer-selector  dcr-10nm96b\">\n<p class=\"dcr-2v2zi4\">Rishi Sunak has become the new Conservative leader and will be prime minister after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/penny-mordaunt\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Penny Mordaunt<\/a> followed Boris Johnson in withdrawing from the running, minutes before the party was due to announce how many MPs had backed each candidate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-2v2zi4\">In an apparent acknowledgement she had not reached the necessary 100 MP threshold to progress, two minutes before the nomination process closed at 2pm, Mordaunt tweeted that she had pulled out, and that Sunak had her \u201cfull support\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-2v2zi4\">Five minutes later Sir Graham Brady, the chair of the Conservative backbench 1922 Committee, formally announced the result: \u201cI can confirm that we have one valid nomination, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/rishi-sunak\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Rishi Sunak<\/a> is elected as leader of the Conservative party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-2v2zi4\">He will formally take over as prime minister from Liz Truss imminently, most likely on Tuesday, at which point Truss would have served 50 days in the job.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-2v2zi4\">Sunak, the former chancellor who came second in the leadership contest against Truss in the summer, had secured the backing of more than half the parliamentary party by Monday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-2v2zi4\">Sunak, whose parents are of Punjabi Indian heritage, will become the first person of colour to become UK prime minister. He is not the first minority ethnic PM \u2013 Benjamin Disraeli, who held the office twice between 1868 and 1880, was of Jewish heritage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-2v2zi4\">In her statement, Mordaunt said: \u201cThese are unprecedented times. Despite the compressed timetable for the leadership contest it is clear that colleagues feel we need certainty today. They have taken this decision in good faith for the good of the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-2v2zi4\">\u201cMembers should know that this proposition has been fairly and thoroughly tested by the agreed 1922 [Committee] process. As a result, we have now chosen our next prime minister. This decision is an historic one and shows, once again, the diversity and talent of our party. Rishi has my full support.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-2v2zi4\">The candidates had been due to submit their nominations from at least 100 MPs by Monday at 2pm, but Johnson pulled out on Sunday night, saying he had reached the threshold but it was not enough to cement party unity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-2v2zi4\"><em>Tories willing to cut Rishi Sunak some slack but same tough choices remain\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2022\/oct\/23\/tories-willing-to-cut-rishi-sunak-some-slack-but-same-tough-choices-remain\">Read more<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-2v2zi4\">As Sunak is the only remaining candidate in the race, the 150,000 Tory members will be denied a say on who becomes the next prime minister.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-slot-container \">\n<div id=\"dfp-ad--inline1\" class=\"js-ad-slot ad-slot ad-slot--inline ad-slot--inline1 ad-slot--outstream ad-slot--rendered\" data-link-name=\"ad slot inline1\" data-name=\"inline1\" data-google-query-id=\"CNmXv-D8-PoCFRj05wMdRQUMiQ\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dcr-2v2zi4\">However, Conservative MPs made clear that Sunak was their preferred choice, after members previously picked Truss, whose disastrous 44 days at the top led to financial turmoil and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2022\/oct\/20\/liz-truss-to-quit-as-prime-minister\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">her resignation last Thursday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-2v2zi4\">Sunak\u2019s ascent to the top job in No 10 after just seven years as an MP and two in the cabinet is a remarkable rise. He was made chancellor by Johnson just before the Covid pandemic and is known for launching the furlough scheme to protect jobs, as well as backing the controversial \u201ceat out to help out\u201d initiative that some blamed for fuelling a further wave of infections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-2v2zi4\">A former Goldman Sachs analyst and hedge fund manager, Sunak is believed to be the richest MP and was almost written off as a leadership candidate earlier this year following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2022\/apr\/06\/rishi-sunaks-wife-claims-non-domicile-status\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">a furore over his wife\u2019s non-dom tax status<\/a> and the revelation that he held a US green card while a minister.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rowena Mason,\u00a0Whitehall editor, London, 24 Oct 2022 Now that the former chancellor\u2019s two leadership rivals have pulled out, Conservative members will not have a say in the contest Tory leadership contest &#8211; latest updates While Sunak had won the backing of 157 Tory MPs by Sunday evening, Mordaunt had only mustered 30. 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