Still at the height of popularity last October, Boris Johnson has continued to loosen in the polls during the last two months of 2021. Two consecutive events have even made him hit rock bottom in December: the loss of a constituency deemed captive followed by the resignation of Brexit Minister David Frost, a popular figure among the Conservatives.
From then on, what was only a vague concern became a topic of conversation for the deputies of the Tory party: who to succeed “Bojo”?
Among the potential candidates, the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak is favored by the forecasts.
Ladbrokes, Britain's biggest bookmaker, gives it a rating of 2/1, far ahead of Foreign Office Secretary Liz Truss (9/2) and Equal Opportunities Secretary of State Michael Gove (10 / 1).
Born forty-one years ago to Hindu parents from Kenya, Rishi Sunak grew up in Southampton between a father who was a general practitioner and a mother who was a pharmacist.
Through…
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