{"id":183105,"date":"2022-10-24T11:05:32","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T08:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/?p=183105"},"modified":"2022-10-24T11:05:32","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T08:05:32","slug":"sunak-could-be-pm-as-early-as-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/sunak-could-be-pm-as-early-as-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunak could be PM as early as today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-183106\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/rishi.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/rishi.jpeg 976w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/rishi-300x169.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/rishi-768x432.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/rishi-696x392.jpeg 696w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/rishi-747x420.jpeg 747w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 976px) 100vw, 976px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Boris Johnson has pulled out of the Conservative leadership race.<\/p>\n<p>His withdrawal leaves the path open for Rishi Sunak, who has a chance of picking up the keys to Downing Street as early as today.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-site-outbrain sdc-site-outbrain--AR_6\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-component-name=\"sdc-site-outbrain\" data-target=\"\" data-widget-mapping=\"\" data-installation-keys=\"\" data-init=\"true\">\n<div id=\"outbrain_widget_0\" class=\"OUTBRAIN\" data-src=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/boris-johnson-pulls-out-of-conservative-leadership-race-12728576\" data-ob-template=\"bskyb\" data-widget-placement=\"\" data-widget-id=\"AR_6\" data-is-secured=\"true\" data-consent-string=\"\" data-consent-version=\"2\" data-ob-mark=\"true\" data-browser=\"chrome\" data-os=\"macintel\" data-dynload=\"\" data-idx=\"0\">\n<div class=\"ob_box_cont CR_6\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The former prime minister had the public backing of 59 Tory MPs &#8211; far short of the 100 required to be included on the ballot.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Sunak has more than 150 backers, a significant lead over Penny Mordaunt, who has 25.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--teads\">\n<div class=\"sdc-site-au \" data-ad-format=\"teads\" data-type=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-advert-rendered=\"4x4\">\n<div data-consent=\"true\" data-vendor-name=\"peer-39\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"teads\" class=\"sdc-site-au__teads\" data-role=\"ad-container\" data-config=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;teads&quot;,&quot;ad-type&quot;:&quot;teads&quot;,&quot;targeting&quot;:[],&quot;size&quot;:{&quot;mobile&quot;:[[4,4]],&quot;tablet&quot;:[[4,4]],&quot;desktop&quot;:[[4,4]]}}\" data-targeting=\"{&quot;platform&quot;:&quot;live&quot;,&quot;advert-targeting&quot;:&quot;'platform': 'live'&quot;,&quot;artId&quot;:&quot;12728576&quot;}\" data-targeting-strnativekey=\"\" data-targeting-platform=\"\" data-tag=\"20346936\/skynews\/uk-homepage\/content\" data-component-name=\"sdc-site-mpu\" data-peer39-url=\"https:\/\/tags.peer39.com\/1497\/trg_1497.js\" data-peer39-id=\"1497\" data-peer39-timeout=\"2500\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-tolerance=\"2\" data-init=\"true\" data-slot-called=\"1\" data-google-query-id=\"CNzfg9Gz-PoCFRKbJwIdx_MCfQ\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_20346936\/skynews\/uk-homepage\/content_1__container__\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_20346936\/skynews\/uk-homepage\/content_1\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" role=\"region\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_20346936\/skynews\/uk-homepage\/content_1\" width=\"4\" height=\"4\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-google-container-id=\"2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>If both of them secure support from at least 100 MPs by this afternoon, Conservative Party members will have the chance to vote for their preferred candidate.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll find out at 2pm who has made it on to the ballot &#8211; and if Mr Sunak is the only one to reach this threshold, he will automatically become the UK&#8217;s third prime minister this year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boris Johnson has pulled out of the Conservative leadership race. His withdrawal leaves the path open for Rishi Sunak, who has a chance of picking up the keys to Downing Street as early as today. The former prime minister had the public backing of 59 Tory MPs &#8211; far short of the 100 required to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":183106,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10221280388112155_325455220908133":"","twitter_917774835383787521_917774835383787521":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183105"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183105"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":183107,"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183105\/revisions\/183107"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}