Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss reach final two in race to become next UK prime minister - BBC News

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss will face each other in the run-off to be Conservative party leader, and therefore UK prime minister, as decided by party members.

Penny Mordaunt was knocked out of the running in the latest round of voting.

The two remaining candidates will take part in hustings around the country and head-to-head debates, before the winner is announced on 5 September after a postal ballot, completed by 160,000 Tory party members.

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[SolitaryCynic]

Now we just need Jonathan Pie's journalistic take on the matters at hand.

[dobias]

I want Rowan Atkinson to become the prime minister. Not these two puppets.

[tagkati]

I am American. I believe Rishi Sunak will be the best deserving candidate for PM's role to help UK's struggling economy. He is finance minister and has studied Economics and Business management and was Fulbright scholar.

[SimplySheilaB]

Didn’t Truss encourage people to go fight in the Ukraine, and Sunak is one of the richest men in the U.K. we’re screwed

[sterfan]

So many talented people in the country, and these are the kind to succeed in politics 🤣 no hope left for the UK.

[wellardsmith]

God help us. The country continues to fall into a sesspit. Out with bad, in with just as bad.

[markeasley]

How soon will either of them be pressured to resign? British politics seems to be pretty flimsy.

[INFINITY-oeis]

Doesn't matter who they put in charge! It's all the same as long as the higher ups are still there.

[billymackie]

No surprise, it was a fix from the start. Two backstabbers what's this country coming to. God help us.

[samcarena]

God what a choice, feel very sorry for the uk

[keybraker]

2 different PMs without a public vote.

[spartacusforlife]

What the BBC needs to do is have a week long, in depth, debate on what is actually happening with the economy . Not only nationally but internationally. It should invite economists, politicians, unions and ordinary people from various strata of society to give an honest view of how it affects business and people lives. This is what the BBC was set up for. To inform us

[oshi]

This is the “clean break” from Boris Johnson that Tories claimed they wanted? Apologists for Boris?

[equesta]

Missed headline opportunity: "The Penny's dropped"

[harrisgrey]

And it begins again, another PM we dont get a choice about, but we all know the 2 options are terrible. Great British Democracy at work right there.

[Youtubeman]

said it once and I'll say it again...Rishi Sunak is the one they wanted from the start, simple as.
.the rest are there to make the numbers.

[HappyAbra]

Time for the public to take a stand this cannot be the state we are in, sincerely, God help us

[starbrother]

To all the people from my country India. Sunak is not an Indian. He is British . Stop celebrating. If he becomes PM he will not be much different than previous British PM's. You r celebrating as if he will also become the PM of India. We shud care what happens in our home. Stop commenting here like an idiot.

[scotttracy]

Going from Boris to one of these two is like Man Utd subbing off Maguire and bringing on Jones.

Edit: no idea what this has to do with India

[vrcrafts]

Both of them corrupt 🙏🙏
All the best Britain 🙏🙏🥀 😭❤️