It was a resounding victory. Rishi Sunak took over the leadership of the British Conservative Party on Monday 24th, finally without any opposition from his colleagues in the parliamentary group and without submitting his candidacy to the scrutiny of the militancy. Penny Mordaunt, the first candidate to go out on the street, withdrew minutes before she expired in the official square to present her candidacies. The Government spokesperson in the House of Commons, her visible position in recent weeks, could not reach the one hundred supports necessary to compete to try to succeed Liz Truss at the head of the formation and the Government. Exceeding that threshold would have pitted him squarely against the former treasury minister and involved the party's estimated 170.000 voting members in a leadership contest. Boris Johnson, who cut short his family vacation in the Dominican Republic in order to gather support and revive his campaign to regain power and return to Downing Street, had thrown in the towel the night before. “I can confirm that we have received a single valid nomination. Rishi Sunak is the elected leader of the Conservative Party," said Graham Brady, chairman of the MPs committee that handles internal leadership issues. Mordaunt blamed his defeat on the "need for certainty", which spreads through the right-wing formation and the rest of the country. Three prime ministers have been elected by Conservative MPs and militants since July 2019, the last two in a seven-week hiatus. The political opposition reiterated its demand for the general elections to be brought forward from their scheduled date, at the end of 2024. government. After a few minutes, Sunak will have his first personal audience with the king, who will invite him to form a new government. It will be the moment of his confirmation as Prime Minister and the youngest UK leader in at least a century. He is expected to deliver a few words in recognition of his meteoric rise, outlining the foundations of his vision and political ambition, as he returns from the palace to his former Downing Street residence. It will be the first time that he has performed global functions outside the specific area of finance and economics. Desktop Code pic.twitter.com/w76rEvJdyQ— Penny Mordaunt (@PennyMordaunt) October 24, 2022 Image for mobile, amp and app Mobile Code pic.twitter.com/w76rEvJdyQ— Penny Mordaunt (@PennyMordaunt) October 24, 2022 . Twitter. com/w76rEvJdyQ— Penny Mordaunt (@PennyMordaunt) October 24, 2022 APP Code pic.twitter.com/w76rEvJdyQ— Penny Mordaunt (@PennyMordaunt) October 24, 2022 his message of victory and after acknowledging the “profound economic challenge” that the UK faces. The new Conservative leader, who will be officially appointed Prime Minister in an audience with the King scheduled for Tuesday at Buckingham Palace, indicated that ensuring the cohesion of the right-wing party and the country's restaurant will be his "top priority." "I promise to serve with integrity and humility," he exclaimed in a recorded statement to the nation from the London headquarters of the Conservative Party. Sunak did not compare before the media at the end of the very fleeting campaign, which has taken place behind closed doors and in electronic communications between parliamentarians and 'Tory' origins. He addressed his peers, without the presence of television cameras, to pay tribute to Mordaunt and his former Downing Street backs, Johnson and Liz Truss. Exactly seven weeks ago, the now winner was defeated by Truss in the final vote of the militancy in the previous, long and rhetorically aggressive leadership contest provoked by Johnson's resignation in the tsunami of scandals of illicit parties, sexual abuse, fraud and influence peddling. Related News standard No Sunak announces his candidacy to become the next British Prime Minister: "We are facing a deep economic crisis" Agencies The former Minister of Finance and former Prime Minister Boris Johnson failed to close an agreement on Saturday, according to the newspaper The "This is an existential moment" from the Times, he advised those gathered in the committee room where his victory was enacted. “We have an economic crisis and a political crisis. We have time before the legislative. We have the talent, the energy and the ideas, but we only have one shot. There is no second chance”, avoid the parliamentary group. He called on his co-religionists to "unite around a clear economic plan and a vision of a better United Kingdom", which has yet to expose and explain its guidelines to the population. The clock is ticking The clock is ticking against him as the markets nervously await the presentation of the new spending and tax plan on the date announced by the previous Administration of October 31st. The Fiscale court program to encourage growth, launched by Truss and his then Treasury Minister, Kwasi Kwarteng, plunged the value of the pound sterling, made public debt and personal mortgages more expensive, in addition to toppling the prime minister. Salary increases and cuts in social spending are anticipated under the mandate of the expert economist. The appointment of the Hindu prime minister, the grandson of refugees from the Punjab, coincided with the Diwali celebrations, the popularly called festival of lights, which is deeply rooted in Asian communities. Sunak had the exterior of Downing Street illuminated in the years he occupied number 11 on the famous street in his role as Treasury Minister, from the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic and until his resignation in July 2017. He will now return to the center of British political power with a promise to “serve with integrity and humility”, day and night, in the interest of the British people. Sunak will be the first head of government of minority ethnicity and Hindu religion. His official appointment will take place this Tuesday morning in the traditional British constitutional choreography of replacement of prime ministers.
