London: Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss, who are in the race to become the next Conservative Party leader and prime minister, have faced scathing remarks from Tory members about their policies. The two leaders addressed the Conservative Party’s hardline MPs (Tory members) on Thursday night in the city of Leeds in northern England. These members will also vote in the election. A Tory member questioned Sunak’s decision to step down as chancellor earlier this month. He was alleged to have stabbed his former ‘boss’ in the back. A Tory member from West Yorkshire said, ‘You are a good salesman and you have many qualities. Despite this, many people continue to support Boris Johnson.
According to the report in the Times of India, he said, ‘Many people have seen that you have stabbed them in the back, while they have made you a politician and some people did not even want to see you in number 10’. Giving this, Rishi Sunak said, ‘I was left with no option, as there were deep differences with him on the economic condition of the country, especially at a time when the economy is facing real challenges. So, I was left with no choice.” In his opening speech, he took a dig at rival Liz Truss’s plan to cut taxes immediately, warning that “to make our lives easier for our children and grandchildren.” Mortgaging the future of ‘is not right.
Sunak lags behind a truce between Tory members. These MPs will vote for the candidate of their choice through ballot papers from next week. Rishi Sunakka is supporting voters who voted for the Conservative Party for the first time in the 2019 general election. Rishi Sunak, the next leader of the Conservative Party and in the race to become PM, has admitted that he is getting weak in the race to become PM. However, during this time he has vowed to get one vote each. On Thursday, the two leaders addressed their first official Tory leadership in the city of Leeds in northern England. Let us tell you that these members will also cast their ballots in the elections soon.
The results of who will become Britain’s next prime minister will be announced on 5 September, and Truss has built up a strong lead in a survey of Tory members after vowing immediate tax cuts. According to betting exchange firm Smarkets, Truss has been shown to have a 90 percent chance of becoming the head of the Conservative Party and the prime minister. The firm says that the chances of Sunak becoming PM have dropped to 10 percent. “When the race was first narrowed down to the last two, the truss was predicted to win between 60 and 40 percent, but the odds are moving in its favor,” said Matthew Shadick, head of political markets at Smarkets. People were predicting that Rishi Sunak would be a better campaigner, but Truss’s debate performance beat their expectations.
