Sunak Officially Runs for Tory Leadership after Reaching Minimum Threshold

Late Friday, Rishi Sunak successfully collects the required threshold to run for the leadership of the Conservative Party after the resignation of Liz Truss.

Conservative Party Politician Tobias Ellwood tweeted: "Honoured to be the 100th Tory MP to support #Ready4Rishi."

Sunak could automatically be the leader of the Tory and the new Prime Minister in case of his opponents failed in finding the required threshold. 

In the same context, Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson was pictured on a flight back to the UK after he cut his holiday trip.

Yesterday, UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace ruled himself out of Conservative Party's leadership contest as he aims to support Johnson's comeback.

Wallace said: "I think he will still have some questions to answer about that [Partygate] investigation,” adding: "He got a mandate and I think that’s an important thing for all of us to bear in mind.”

It was reported that Johnson is returning to the UK to make sure of the support he needs to run again for the leadership of the party.

Moreover, Penny Mordaunt is also considering running again, but she gained only 17 votes until now.

Mordaunt tweeted, on Friday, "I’ve been encouraged by support from colleagues who want a fresh start, a united party and leadership in the national interest.

I’m running to be the leader of the Conservative Party and your Prime Minister - to unite our country, deliver our pledges and win the next GE."

The competition for winning Tory's leadership kicked off, on Thursday, after Truss announced her resignation, stating that she "cannot deliver the mandate on which I was elected by the Conservative Party."

Truss highlighted that she agreed with the Conservative party's Chairman of the 1922 Committee that "there will be a leadership election to be completed within the next week," and she will stay in office "until a successor has been chosen".