Rishi Sunak wins U.K. Tory leadership, becomes 3rd PM this year

Rishi Sunak has won the race to be leader of Britain's Conservative Party and will become the country's next prime minister — the third in just seven weeks.

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[sasanka]

What a day historical..
Winston Churchill words Need to be changed now..
A british indian Decent is now taken over as UK PM.

What a day Diwali celebrations..
Congratulations Rishi Sunak

[johnp]

Rishi Sunak - prepped by the wef'sters, all opposition steps down, hilarious

[mateivacariu]

The man was appointed to implement CBDC...

[Jchaudhari]

I am sure mahatma ghandhi's spirit is laughing on Britishers and proud moment for mr. MK Ghandhi including all indian origin across the world.

[ramhyati]

He has been elected based on his merits....

[poodtang]

Would have saved a lot of trouble for the U.K if they had just picked him over Truss in the first place.

[tehmujin]

England future is getting darker, literally.

[fredklein]

If this were Monty Python, Sunak would be dubbed ''New Bruce''.

[koolerpure]

wins cause everyone else drops out? im gonna call it now but sounds like a bad idea

[Russell_and_co]

Truly history - the first time in more than 70 years that Britain has a male monarch AND a male PM!!

[adelinesimmons]

Mahatma Gandhi is proud to see one of their own win over the UK not just independence for India. He deserves the Mahatma Gandhi Award

[FoodieSumdya]

Time is a Miracle it can change everything😇
From being ruled by British to ruling British, time changed.
Our Sanatan Hindu Rishi Sunak🚩
Proud moment for all indians😎

[Entername-mdev]

I guess you can say it’s come full circle for Indians/Asians in regards to UK

[blazycatto]

Let's hope the U.K's turmoil can end soon, from Brexit and Boris, to Truss and the sterling crash

they can still recover

[kathleenweinberg]

We'll see what happened in the near future

[VanDWT]

Pity Her Late Majesty couldn’t see this

[marcus_mayhem]

Notice to all the liberals out there, the conservatives have an India leader.

[lemjebbed]

Next time it will be an Indian King or Queen.

[saifmusa]

Indian ruling over Brits…. Dear…Oh, Dear!!

[theholymackerel]

Let’s make it a dozen PM’s and we can pretend they’re donuts.