After what seems like forever but is slightly less than eight weeks, the campaign to replace Boris Johnson as Tory Party leader is finally over, and the UK has a new prime minister.
And the winner was … Rishi Sunak. No, of course not.
Here’s the moment 81,000 people chose the next Prime Minister.
The other 67 million of us thank you all. pic.twitter.com/S6cgSIgskI
— PoliticsJOE (@PoliticsJOE_UK) September 5, 2022
Here are the votes in full.
NEW: LIZ TRUSS ELECTED LEADER OF THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY AND WILL BE THE NEXT UK PRIME MINISTER
TRUSS: 81,326 (57.4%)
SUNAK: 60,399 (42.6%)
Turnout: 82.6%141,725
Truss will be the UK’s third female prime minister and the fourth Conservative PM in six years.
— Lewis Goodall (@lewis_goodall) September 5, 2022
As the perfectly circular Venn diagram of the Continuity Johnson Candidate and Cosplay Thatcher, Truss’s promises of tax cuts, a bonfire of EU ‘red tape’ and a rejection of ‘woke’ culture, Truss spoke to the heart of the 180,000-strong Tory membership.
Truss’s acceptance speech was as entirely underwhelming as you expected it to be.
"I will deliver a bold plan to cut taxes and grow our economy"
New Tory party leader Liz Truss says she "campaigned as a Conservative, and I will govern as a Conservative" as she vows to deal with energy billshttps://t.co/EnV6ob3f6W pic.twitter.com/1qSgXDgG7f
— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) September 5, 2022
And here are our pick of all the responses rolling in right now …
1.
BREAKING: The United Kingdom has a new Worst Prime Minister Ever x
— Laura Kuenssberg Translator (@BBCLauraKT) September 5, 2022
2.
Liz Truss being Prime Minister is like when Apple made everyone have that U2 album they didn’t want in their iTunes library
— Rachael (@RachaelvsWorld) September 5, 2022
3.
To the point. pic.twitter.com/FiBpHYRgLQ
— TechnicallyRon (@TechnicallyRon) September 5, 2022
4.
Yes @trussliz absolutely smashed it babe!!!
— Joe Lycett (@joelycett) September 5, 2022
5.
— Cold War Steve (@coldwarsteve) September 5, 2022
6.
Liz Truss got 47% of eligible Tory members
She wouldn't meet the threshold that ministers set for union members voting on strike action
— Frances O'Grady (@FrancesOGrady) September 5, 2022
7.
At least Sunak is having a shit day
— Nish Kumar (@MrNishKumar) September 5, 2022
8.
Has she hit the ground yet? She did promise.
— Adrian Edmondson (@AdrianEdmondson) September 5, 2022
9.
ALL MAINSTREAM MEDIA: PLEASE REPORT TO SECTOR 4 FOR PROCESSING
— Armando Iannucci (@Aiannucci) September 5, 2022
10.
You maniacs! You did it! Damn you! God damn you all to hell! pic.twitter.com/QHWq9wgQwc
— HappyToast ★ (@IamHappyToast) September 5, 2022
11.
Word of the day is Zugzwang [tzoog-tzwung]: a situation in chess (and life) in which a move must be made, but each possible one will make the situation worse.
— Susie Dent (@susie_dent) September 5, 2022
12.
Liz Truss: "I think we have shown the breadth and depth of talent in the Conservative Party."
Can't argue with that.
— Marty Lawrence (@TeaAndCopy) September 5, 2022
13.
The clown is dead- long live the new clown
— Dom Joly (@domjoly) September 5, 2022
14.
Help us. The Tory members barely wanted Truss. Tory MPs didn’t want her. the country didn’t want her. But somehow she’s PM
— John Crace (@JohnJCrace) September 5, 2022
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