UK: Rishi Sunak is set to ace the MPs’ election in the Tory party leadership battle to be Britain’s first Prime Ministerial candidate, the latest polls suggested. The bets are now on who is going to be the second candidate, standing against him.
The five candidates going into the third round of voting on Monday are Kemi Badenoch of Nigerian descent; Minister of State for Trade- Penny Mordaunt; Foreign Secretary- Liz Truss; Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee Tom Tugendhat and former Chancellor of Exchequer Rishi Sunak.
A survey carried out amongst 1001 people just after the ITV debate on Sunday placed Rishi Sunak at the top followed by Tom Tugendhart. In the third position stood Penny Mordaunt followed by Liz Truss. Last in the poll was Kemi Bedenoch.
In yet another poll carried out by JL Partners, Sunak aced the “Good PM” rating and received positive ratings amongst the Tory voters.
There are about 2,00,000 Tory members across the country and each candidate can spend up to £300,000 on canvassing. There will be events, hustings which are debates, in front of an invited audience and so on.
It’s expected that by September 5, Britain will know who its next Prime Minister will be.- INDIA TODAY
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