Sunak's The One.

[sandyRoe]

Mordant has pulled out.
Pity, great pity.

[ToraToraTora]

Yep looks like Richi Rich is the man!

[Hazi-Hammenuhoth]

Congratulations to Rishi and sincerely hope the government unites behind him for the sake of the country. Very glad it wasn't a long drawn-out saga and wish him the best as he cracks on with his new role.

[gulliver1]

At least he is a born in the UK PM ,and not an import from America ...PMSL.

[ToraToraTora]

so gully, at least 7 years of Rishi bashing ahead for you.......

[Ken4155]

Good!

[Rosetta]

I hope the party have learnt their lesson and unite behind him otherwise they are toast

[jno]

I do prefer an actual contest, but I suppose the outcome of the last one has rather devalued the idea.

Good luck to him. I don't really see him rescuing the economy any time soon though, his predecessors have left such a mess behind.

[davebro]

//Pity, great pity.//

Why so?

[ToraToraTora]

I would have preferred Mordaunt but the important thing now is unite behind Sunak and get back to the vitally important work of wiping the floor with Labour.

[Spungle]

Excellent news- we have someone who brings intelligence and dignity to the task of PM. That's an unenviable in-tray to have to tackle, so good luck to him!

[sandyRoe]

Davebro,
The members have been denied their say.

[davebro]

Oh dear - what a shame. Now they will have to put up with who the MPs (who the PM has to work with!) preferred.

[Stableford]

Another glass ceiling smashed as the Tories give us our first Asian Prime Minister. All those finger-pointing virtue signallers have found the finger pointing back at them. "Ooh but he's rich"- so a fair target for the daily hate from the lefty loudmouths on here, no doubt.

[diddlydo]

Hang on TTT - you were one of Boris's greatest fans before you defected to Morduant. Fickle - just like many Tories. I expect you're cross because you don't now get a paid-up Tory member vote?

[Ken4155]

After the mess the 'members' made of the last vote, i'm glad they didn't get a chance to repeat their mistake.

[ZebuSanctuary]

He doesn't have a mandate... Did I really just say that? So what!

As long as he holds on to the poisoned chalice and not tempted to drink from it, he'll do just fine.

[ToraToraTora]

diddly: "Hang on TTT - you were one of Boris's greatest fans before you defected to Morduant. Fickle - just like many Tories. I expect you're cross because you don't now get a paid-up Tory member vote? " - I still am a fan of Boris but he withdrew so I supported Penny, she pulled out so now we must unite behind Sunak. Not hard is it.

[Old_Geezer]

The powers that be managed to avoid it going to the members then.

[davebro]

//.The powers that be managed to avoid it going to the members then.//

Thankfully.

[ichkeria]

Thank goodness
Why on earth should unelected members choose a serving prime minister