The Tories are searching for their new
leader. after liz truss announced a
resignation and the two main contenders
for the prime ministerial job , are none
other than Rishi sunak and the former
prime minister , who shunted out just
about two months back Boris Johnson. who
reportedly held some face-to-face talks.
which is possibly the very first meeting
between the two in recent months.
the former prime minister has yet to
announce his candidature for the top job.
meanwhile his counterpart Rishi sunak
has confirmed that he is definitely
running to replace list . cross at 10
Downing Street making it his second bid
in about the last three months. to lead
the United Kingdom as it is grappling
with several crises.
on the other hand according to Media
reports , the deal that is Boris Johnson,
Rishi sunak met to discuss on agreeing
to a joint ticket to avoid a Tory Civil
War.
the scenario of course came in the
picture , sunak is racing ahead in the
count of conservative Member of
Parliament nominations, to be the next
leader.
the 42 year old has the public backing
of about 128 Tory lawmakers in
comparison with Johnson’s 53 and 23 for
cabinet member Penny modded.
well former prime minister Boris Johnson,
who returned from a Caribbean holiday, by
cutting it short is aiming to launch a
pretty audacious bid to make a comeback
at 10 Downing Street.
his exit was prompted by ex-finance
Minister Rishi sunak’s July resignation.
that had triggered a mutiny within his
government that Johnson cut short his
luxury stay in the Dominican Republic, to
join the seemingly three-way tussle.
the 58 year old brexit architect’s Tom
in office was marred with a slew of
scandals , and it remains to be seen
whether he can put behind the
controversies. that had badly plagued his
first term in office.