Sunak And Truss Face Runoff To Become U.K.'s Next Prime Minister
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Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss are the two finalists campaigning to replace current Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who resigned after months of scandals.
Britain’s Conservative Party chose former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss — a fiscal moderate and a low-tax crusader — as the two finalists in an election to replace departing Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The result came on the day the divisive, unrepentant Johnson ended his final appearance in Parliament as prime minister with the words “Hasta la vista, baby.”
Sunak and Truss came first and second respectively in a secret vote by Conservative lawmakers. Trade Minister Penny Mordaunt came in third and was eliminated.
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