Rishi Sunak announces his candidacy for Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

The former British Finance Minister Rishi Sunak announced this Sunday his candidacy for the leadership of the Conservative Party and, as a consequence, for the position of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, in his incorporation into a race in which he starts as one of the great favorites to succeed Liz Truss after her resignation this week. “The United Kingdom is a great country but we are facing a deep economic crisis. That is why I am running to be the leader of the Conservative party and your next prime minister,” he announced on his account on Twitter. “My wish,” he added, “is to fix the economy, unite the party and meet the expectations of our country” before promising “integrity, professionalism and responsibility at all levels of government.” Sunak must now present the endorsements of a hundred conservative deputies in the House of Commons next Monday to certify their participation; a figure practically guaranteed according to the estimates of all the British media.