New Prime Minister to be elected soon in Britain/BBC

< strong _ngcontent-sc86="">The UK will soon elect a new Prime Minister. A poll of members of the Conservative Party showed who has the highest chances of becoming head of government after the resignation of Boris Johnson.

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The survey was conducted by Opinium Research. Recall that British Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss and former Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak compete for the premiership. members of the Conservative Party showed that Truss is the clear leader:

• the minister received 61% of the vote,
• while Sunak voted 39 %.

After the resignation of Boris Johnson, about 200 thousand members of the leading Conservative Party will vote for the new head of government. During the survey, the total sample size was 570 deputies.

• 29% said they had already voted,
• 47% said they had decided on their candidate.
• 19% – what else can change their minds.

Voting for the leader of the Conservative Party, and therefore the new prime minister, takes place by mail. The winner will be announced on September 5.

Experts conducted a survey from August 8 to 12. It showed that Truss was supported by:

• due to her dislike of Sunak
• perception of the Minister as a person to be trusted
• she remained loyal Johnson.” nostalgia for Johnson. In particular, 63% of those polled preferred him to remain head of government. In addition, if Johnson had been in place of Truss, 68% of parliamentarians would have voted for him.

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