Rishi Sunak, Who Took Oath On Gita, Bids To Be Britain's 1st PM Of Colour

Opinion polls show that Liz Truss has so far outflanked Rishi Sunak with policies geared to the Tory right

Before his spectacular falling-out with Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak was on a rapid rise that could still end with him installed as Britain's first prime minister of colour.

It would be a historic landmark if the Hindu descendant of immigrants from India and East Africa were to take command of the world's fifth-largest economy.

But after making the final run-off following a series of votes by Conservative MPs, Sunak must first persuade the party's members as ballot papers go out on Monday -- and he is well behind Liz Truss.

Opinion polls show that she has so far outflanked him with policies geared to the Tory right, which also mistrusts Sunak's role in a cabinet revolt that unseated Johnson after months of scandal.