Rishi Sunak

2022 - 10 - 15

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The plot to put Rishi Sunak in No. 10 (Spectator.co.uk)

When Rishi Sunak resigned over Boris Johnson's leadership, he acknowledged that it might be the end of his political career. His dreams of leading the Tory ...

Now his supporters are trying to engineer something even more amazing: ousting the woman who beat him in the party leadership contest, and installing their man in No. Sunak’s outriders – already busily working the phones – will argue that their proposed solution restores some political stability, deferring the terrible day of reckoning that looms at the polls. His dreams of leading the Tory party already seemed over, thanks to his wealthy wife’s non-dom status.

Conservative Party planning to replace UK PM Liz Truss with Rishi ... (Economic Times)

Reports suggest rebels want Rishi Sunak to replace Liz Truss as the crisis in the UK grows. A poll suggests that around half of the Conservative Party ...

Reportedly, another option will be to make Penny the Prime Minister and party leader while Sunak becomes the Chancellor. Backbenchers are looking for Sunak to be the Prime Minister and Penny Mordaunt to be the Deputy. Reports suggest that backbenchers are suggesting Rishi Sunak to be the Prime Minister and Another option will be to make Penny the Prime Minister and party leader while Sunak becomes the Chancellor. The views expressed here are that of the respective authors/ entities and do not represent the views of Economic Times (ET). More reversals are expected related to tax-cutting, and the Tory backbenchers might change their party leader.

Buzz Rife About Rishi Sunak Replacing Liz Truss As Tory Leaders ... (ABP Live)

Truss technically cannot face a leadership challenge unless until 12 months unless the powerful 1922 Committee of backbench MPs vote to change their rules.

"Those absurdly called grandee MPs (men) agitating to remove Liz Truss are all Sunak supporters. However, former prime minister Boris Johnson loyalists have condemned such plotting and termed it as anti-democratic by disgruntled Rishi Sunak backers. Truss technically cannot face a leadership challenge unless until 12 months unless the powerful 1922 Committee of backbench MPs vote to change their rules.

Rishi Sunak To Replace Liz Truss? UK Leadership Crisis Deepens ... (Jagran English)

The squabble has erupted at a time when Conservative lawmakers are growing increasingly concerned about the Prime Minister's mini-budget.

"Rishi’s people, Penny’s people, and the sensible Truss supporters who realise she’s a disaster just need to sit down together and work out who the unity candidate is." This development is being seen as a possibility as rebels of the UK's governing conservative party are joining hands to oust British Prime Minister Liz Truss and replace her with Penny Morduant and Rishi Sunak jointly, the Times reported. Senior Tories are debating electing a new leader and ousting Liz Truss after just six weeks in office because of the harsh criticism she has received.

UK Leadership: Who will replace Liz Truss? Rishi Sunak or Penny ... (Livemint)

It was revealed on Friday that rebels within the ruling Tory Party in the UK are allegedly plotting to unseat Truss as party leader and prime minister in ...

Liz Truss a good choice over Rishi Sunak (Interview Times)

A combination ticket of Penny Mordaunt and Rishi Sunak, according to The Times, is being considered by dissidents in the UK's ruling Conservative party as a ...

The Truss turmoil: Why Liz Truss is in trouble and will Rishi Sunak ... (TheNewstuff)

While Truss backed her announcement, her government caught into trouble after a large league of Conservative leaders are unhappy about Truss they trusted ...

The observers say that though Truss is taking efforts to save her government, Britons are beginning to accept the fact that there would be a possible change at 10 Downing Street soon. The MPs would possible rally behind a joint team of Rishi Sunak and Penny Mordaunt where the former would become the Prime Minister and the latter would become his deputy. The other option would be Mordaunt would become the Prime Minister while Sunak would serve as the Chancellor, again. In a span of six weeks, British Prime Minister Liz Truss made the Tory supporters to land in a decision that they have chosen a wrong leader to lead the country, that is battling with unprecedented economic crisis and cost of living. A YouGov poll for 'The Times' found that almost half of Tory party supporters believe the party chose the wrong candidate in the leadership race between Truss and Sunak, held recently. Truss defeated Indian descendant Rishi Sunak, the former finance minister of the UK.