Rishi Sunak Will Be Britain's Next Prime Minister After Liz Truss' Resignation

Former finance minister Rishi Sunak won the race to be Britain's next prime minister Monday and will become the third leader in seven weeks of a country upended by political and economic chaos.


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Rishi Sunak Will Be Britain's Next Prime Minister After Liz Truss' Resignation

[neilpuri]

My Indian grand father was beaten as a child by a British officer for not getting of the sidewalk in his own country…my cousin is also named Rishi…I wish grandpa was alive to see this day! God bless the UK, long live there people.

[vst]

We Indians will call him as 1st Governor General Of England 😂🙏

[sarahashun]

I’m not a Conservative, but I’ve said all along that Rishi was the most competent person of all the candidates that stood. But because of racism, they decided to overlook him and gave the job to an incompetent fool who 🤬 up the economy within 4 days of her leadership. Now most of the country, from low earners to fairly high earners are going to struggle and suffer. Public services will be cut, increase in interest rates, goods, services etc. We’ve just come out of years of austerity which was extremely excruciating and depressing. What we’re about to go through is going to be far worse. Bigotry has cost the country dearly, untold damaged has been caused. But as saying goes, “it’s better late than never.”

[didiervandendaele]

Happy Diwali ! Rishi Sunak wins the day of Diwali 2022 !

[vst]

M. Gandhi & J. Nehru laughing by looking down while Churchill crying looking Up 🙏😂

[CycloneGU]

Liz Truss will be a fantastic trivia question in the future.

[NEJERA.mitsiwa]

Merry-go round. Once upon a time the British ruled India... EOS

[uollyms]

you can't save a ship when it's deep at the bottom

[McLKeith]

Rishi is exactly what the UK needs. He understands finances.

[desiguy]

Please make UK proud rishi. I am your fan from India. 🙂

[Vandemataram-]

Rishi Sunak is an ideal leader. He is anti curruption leader. UK is welcoming him heartly. 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[TimmyTheTinman]

He gets to be the next contestant and Prime Minister for a week before Labour controls parliament for the next 20 years after the next election

[theparadoxicaltouristtrave]

The fact that this was any level of surprise after truss resigned is an indication of the bias in Britain.

[ezswan]

Rishi Sunak is a World Economic Forum member. Hes a little weasel and now the UK citizens are at the mercy of the WEF. Good job....

[anntan]

Now that he is Prime Minister he had to pick up the pieces left by Truss God help him He had to straighten the mess that Truss left behind

[vst]

As an Indian I can understand the heartburn of English people 😂🙏

[Nijgfhgvf]

"Indian in blood and colour, but English in taste, in opinions, in morals, and in intellect". Uk is in one of the worst situation rn however let's hope Rishi walk the talk. Congratulations🎉🎉🎉

[ciruwanjiru]

The stone that was rejected literally 🤣🤣🤣

[oneshoewoo]

Former Minister of Finance sounds like he has the skills to turn UK economy around.
He's young and very educated.
So he's a billionaire and a person of color. Will that matter if he gets UK on track?
Good luck PM Hishi Sunak!
I wish you the best

[siadali]

Sunak is a true inspirational person bring stability to UK 🇬🇧