wants to be the successor of Boris Johnson after causing his downfall

The resignations of almost 60 senior British government officials since Tuesday forced Boris Johnson to leave Downing Street. However, the spiral of resignations began with that of the Ministers of Health and Economy, Sajid Javid and Rishi Sunak, who this Friday has taken a step forward and has announced that he is running as candidate to succeed Johnson.

Rishi Sunak has done it with a video with a perfect graphic edition just 48 hours after Johnson’s resignation. In it, the former Minister of Economy has launched his campaign Ready4Rishi (Ready for Rishi) which includes a promotional video and a slogan highlighting the need to “restore confidence, rebuild the economy and reunify the country.”

In addition to Sunak, 42, the former state attorney general has applied so far Suella Braverman Y Tom Tugendhata former soldier now chairman of the House of Commons Foreign Affairs committee.

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One of the favorites

With his job and investment protection plan during the pandemic, Rishi Sunak became one of the favorite members of the Government toryeven becoming a potential candidate for future prime minister and leader of the Conservative Party.

And said and done. Sunak is running as Johnson’s successor, which is no surprise to many who know him as his ambition to reach Downing Street is well known.

However, his plans to advance positions in the past were cut short by the controversy wife’s tax situationAkshata Murty, daughter of an Indian tycoon, an issue that clouded his prospects in the past, being presented by the press as a millionaire far removed from the concerns of the general public.

Nor did it contribute to his popularity by having been fined for participating in one of the parties that violated the anticovid regulations in the Downing Street offices, for which he apologized, although defending that he was only passing through.

Brexiteer

Sunak came to the position of chancellor of the Exchequer – the most important after that of prime minister – on February 13, 2020, precisely replacing Javid, who also resigned for the first time due to differences with Johnson.

Raised in the city of Southampton, Rishi Sunak, of religion Hinduis the son of Yashvir, who was a doctor, and Usha Sunak, a pharmacist, and grandson of immigrants originating from the Indian region of Punjab, who came to the UK in the 1970s from East Africa.

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After a career in the financial sector, he became a deputy in 2015, after which he held the post of head of the Treasury since July 2019.

In addition to his government experience, Sunak, a big fan of Star Warshas the advantage, with a view to being elected by the Conservatives, that he was Brexiteer in the 2016 referendum.

nadhim zahawi

One of the names that sound to succeed Johnson is that of Nadhim Zahawi, appointed economy minister this week to replace Rishi Sunak.

48 hours later, he addressed a letter to Johnson inviting him to “do the right thing and leave” as the best solution “for the Conservative Party and for the whole country.” At 55 years old has limited political experience, but he has worked hard in the shadows and known how to move to show himself as a weight profile and alternative in the tory.

Zahawi he wants to transcend as an executioner, but few understand that before he agreed to join a government whose leader he did not believe. The explanation may lie in the fact that from within it was easier to finish off Johnson, whom on the other hand he had supported until not too long ago on the partygate.

He first entered the Government as head of vaccination against Covid-19, later as Secretary of Education. In the party they do not doubt that he will run as successor, nor of his favoritism.

Liz Truss

Another possible candidate is Liz Truss. Foreign Secretary, she has never hidden her ambition to lead the Conservatives. She has been a parliamentarian since 2010 and had a meteoric rise at the hands of David Cameron, occupying different responsibilities in his cabinet, such as the Environment and Justice secretariats.

She is a beloved and influential leader among her colleagues and among the militants, forceful in her positions even when she changes them, as happened when in 2016 she defended remaining in the European Union and later and with the same vehemence the need to leave it.

Your referent is Margaret Thatcher and one of his daughters is called Liberty. ‘Freedom’ is her flag word. An official tory he defined it as “Thatcherism on steroids”. Truss learned of Johnson’s resignation in Bali, Indonesia, where he was attending the G20 summit. At 46, he may be in for the opportunity of a lifetime.

ben wallace

Also in the triplet ben wallace, Secretary of Defense, previously responsible for Security and deputy since 2010. Wallace has gained weight for his work since the war broke out in Ukraine. He is one of the most loved and with the best image today, but also the one who seems to have the least intention and team. A YouGov survey, the brand co-founded by Zahawi, puts him ahead of Mordaunt.