LONDON: Conservative MP Rishi SunakHopes to replace UK prime minister Boris Johnson as Tory leader were boosted on Tuesday as Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab, former Health Secretary Matt Hancock and Transport Secretary Grant Shapps all backed the war campaign. his nomination. Shapps dropped out of the leadership contest to make a comeback Sunak and said Sunak has the “capacity and experience to lead the country”.
Hancock said Sunak had “the character, the experience and the plan to take the UK through” current difficulties and win the next general election.
Raab said Sunak was “a true conservative instilled – by his parents and grandparents who first arrived here in the 1960s – with the values of business, hard work and family. Rishi’s values are our values. Only Rishi can beat Labor”.
The contest’s former prime minister kicked off his campaign in Westminster on Tuesday and, when asked about the malicious smear campaign against him, said he would launch an “active campaign” focusing on what his leadership will deliver and not smear other candidates he has. great respect.
“I am not going to participate in the negativity you may have seen in the media. If others want to do it, let them. That’s not who we are. We can be better,” he said to loud applause. “I want to run a completely aggressive campaign. When this is done, we will come back together to serve the British people.”
He also heaped praise on Johnson, describing him as “one of the most remarkable people” he had ever met and saying he would not rewrite history and “devil him”. “I am not going to pretend now that the things I voted for and the choices I made were somehow unnecessary. Although it may be politically inconvenient for me, it is also true,” he said, adding that resigning as prime minister “is an extremely difficult and sad decision”.
“Do I not agree with him? Frequent? Is he lacking? Right. And so are the rest of us. Is it no longer working? Yes, and that is why I resigned,” Sunak said.
“We need to go back to traditional conservative economic values and that means honesty and accountability, not fairy tales. It is not credible to promise more spending and lower taxes. Once we have inflation under control, I will reduce the tax burden,” said the former treasury director.
He said his Partygate was fine and that his wife’s non-dominant status was not “in his closet”.
“I introduced myself to Lord Geidt, who described my conduct and manners as meticulous and found no conflict, and my wife issued her own statement at the time and I respect that. I will continue to make sure we have very high standards in public office,” Sunak said.
The timetable for the Tory party leadership contest was announced on Monday. The candidates need the support of at least 20 MPs to make it to the ballot, and the first round of voting will take place on Wednesday. Sunak has more than 40 supporters.
Johnson’s allies – culture minister Nadine Dorries and Brexit opportunities minister Jacob Rees-Mogg – on Tuesday announced their support for foreign secretary Liz Truss, who was named the candidate to “stop Rishi” , while the foreign minister Priti Patel announced she would not enter the leadership race. The new Prime Minister is expected to be announced on September 5.
[Trade Minister Penny Mordaunt and Tory backbencher Tom Tugendhat are the others in the running to hit the requisite 20-MPs mark, according to PTI. New chancellor Nadhim Zahawi claims he has the required numbers too and others expected to run include Indian-origin attorney general Suella Braverman, Nigerian-origin Kemi Badenoch, former foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt, foreign office minister Rehman Chishti and former health secretary Sajid Javid, the news agency reported.]
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