The next British prime minister will be one of these 5 contenders.
Truss, 46, took on the high-profile Cabinet post in September after serving as trade minister. She has gained momentum within the party since then and made no secret of her ambitions.
Truss is popular with many Conservatives, who see echoes of the party's first female prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, in the free-market-loving politician. Supporters have coined the slogan,"In Liz We Truss."is a rising star of the party's libertarian right. She finished fourth in the latest round of voting.got just 32 votes and is under pressure to drop out.
Former Equalities Minister Kemi Badenoch, a rising star of the party's libertarian right, and centrist backbench lawmaker Tom Tugendhat remain in the race — though Tugendhat got just 32 votes and is under pressure to drop out. Truss is trying consolidate support from lawmakers on the party’s right, who mistrust Sunak’s high spending on support to people and businesses during the coronavirus pandemic, and the tax increases he brought in as COVID-19 hammered Britain’s economy.
Sunak also has faced allegations he is out of touch with ordinary people’s struggles because of his wealth. He is a former investment banker, and his wife is the daughter of the billionaire founder of Indian tech company Infosys. Truss had been seen as a front-runner, but gained fewer votes both Wednesday and Thursday than Mordaunt, who scores highly in polls of party members.
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