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Brushing swords: betting sites are betting on Rishi Sunak as the next Prime Minister of Britain - Walla! News

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Following the surprising announcement of the shortest-serving Prime Minister in the history of Great Britain, the Conservative Party began to prepare for the election of a replacement. End date of the election process - October 28. On the other hand, the calls for holding general elections as soon as possible are increasing


Sharpening swords: betting sites are betting on Rishi Sunak as the next UK Prime Minister

Following the surprising announcement of the shortest-serving Prime Minister in the history of Great Britain, the Conservative Party began to prepare for the election of a replacement.

End date of the election process - October 28.

On the other hand, the calls for holding general elections as soon as possible are increasing

Tali Goldstein

10/20/2022

Thursday, October 20, 2022, 7:55 p.m. Updated: 8:13 p.m.

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On video: British Prime Minister Liz Truss resigned after only a month and a half (Reuters)

A few hours after the resignation of British Prime Minister Liz Truss, the competition for the leadership of the Conservative Party began.

The leading candidate to replace Taras now, according to the betting sites, is former finance minister Rishi Sonak.

Truss announced today (Thursday) that she is resigning from her position after her economic plan caused a storm in the financial markets and divided the Conservative Party.



Terras is retiring just six weeks after members of her party elected her to replace Boris Johnson as Prime Minister.

On the other hand, the calls for holding general elections as soon as possible are increasing.

Liz Truss announces her resignation (Photo: Reuters)

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Sir Graham Brady, chairman of the Conservative Party's 1922 Committee of Members of Parliament, which is responsible for the election that will eventually announce its new leader, announced that candidates needed at least 100 votes from party members to enter the race. This meant that only three people could run because in Parliament The British have 357 Conservatives.



The process of submitting nominations has already begun and will continue until Monday at 2 pm, London time. The election of candidates will end next Friday, October 28. On October 31, when the budget is submitted, there will already be a new Prime Minister in Great Britain.

Served 45 days in office.

Liz Truss (Photo: Reuters)

Terrass has been struggling to survive in office since September 23, when Kwartang announced a "mini-budget" that included tax cuts for the wealthy that sent financial markets into turmoil.

The cancellation of the plan with the dismissal and appointment of the moderate Jeremy Hunt, deepened the chaos and disunity in the Conservative Party.

Terras's position deteriorated significantly, after Interior Minister Suala Barberman resigned yesterday, and a sharp dispute regarding a bill regarding oil production through oil shale mining in the lower house deteriorated into accusations of "bullying".

The events led to several Conservative MPs announcing that the party was "finished" and full of "incompetent people".

The next prime minister?

Rishi Sunak (Photo: Reuters)

the candidates

The possible candidates to replace Terras are the same candidates who ran for the position in the summer: former finance minister Sonak, who his supporters believe made up for his mistakes during the previous term, under Johnson, when he foresaw the market turmoil that would be created by Terras's plan;

Mordant, who for a moment seemed to win but ended up in third place behind Sunak and Taras;

And even Johnson - the former prime minister who was recently ousted by his colleagues after three years of a stormy, corrupt and scandal-filled tenure.



Michael Gove, a former minister in Johnson's cabinet is a possible candidate.

Ben Wallace, the Secretary of Defense, is considered a man who does his job quietly, which also improves his image.



According to betting site Betfair, Sunak is the favorite at 11/10.

He is followed by Peggy Mordant at 7/2 followed by Ben Wallace at 8/1.

Former Prime Ministers Boris Johnson and Theresa May were given odds of 9/2 and 16/1 respectively.

According to a "Sky News" report, Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt will not participate in the race for the leadership of the party.



Sunak was first elected to parliament in 2015.

He supported Britain's exit from the European Union (Brexit) in the 2016 referendum.

Sunak even accused Taras of "fairy economics" and claimed that the tax cuts she is proposing will exacerbate inflation.

Sunak emphasizes the need to maintain the current level of taxes - including the recently implemented increases - in the short term.

"right decision"

A Yogov flash survey, which included 2,066 participants, found that 79% said that Terras' resignation was the right decision, compared to 7% who said that it was a wrong decision.

64% said that Taras was a "terrible prime minister" and 1% said that she was "great".



63% said that an early general election should be called (the UK election is scheduled for 2024), compared to 23% who were opposed.

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