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"Dear, oh dear": The King spoke for the nation when he met Truss on 12th October. A perfect example of the monarch representing the whole country, unlike a politician

Rishi Sunak: The basics Age: 42 Place of birth: Southampton Home: London and North Yorkshire Education: Winchester College, Oxford University, Stanford University Family: Married to businesswoman Akshata Murty, 39, with two daughters Parliamentary constituency: Richmond (North Yorkshire)...

Truss will tomorrow meet the King at Buckingham Palace to resign as PM. Shortly afterwards Sunak will then meet the King at the Palace for his permission to form a government. It is ultimately the King's decision whether or not Sunak will be PM, although it's extremely unlikely he will say no.

Sunak was born in Southampton on 12th May 1980. That makes him the youngest British PM since Robert Jenkinson (Lord Liverpool), who became PM on 8th June 1812 - the day after his 42nd birthday. Interestingly, Jenkinson was PM until 1827, when he was succeeded by George Canning, who was the...

Next Prime Minister Rishi Sunak arriving at Conservative Party HQ in Westminster Part of Sunak's first speech since being chosen as next PM, warning of "profound economic challenge" ahead

Who is Rishi Sunak, the UK's next PM?

Sunak wins race to be next PM Sunak: UK's youngest Prime Minister since 1812 At 42, Rishi Sunak will be: The UK's first British Asian prime minister The country's 57th prime minister (by the standard count) The UK's youngest PM since Lord Liverpool came to office in 1812 The fastest from...

If Mordaunt doesn't get the required 100 MPs by 2pm today - in the next three and a half hours - then Sunak will be declared PM today...

Sunak could become the UK's 57th Prime Minister tomorrow. Sunak and Leader of the House of Commons Penny Mordaunt are the only two in the race and Sunak is well ahead. Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats - who were the other half of the Coalition Government with the Tories between 2010 and 2015 -...

Sunak praises Johnson's achievements as PM Rishi Sunak has just publicly praised Boris Johnson for his achievements while being in Downing Street. In a tweet, Sunak wrote: "Boris Johnson delivered Brexit and the great vaccine roll-out. And Sunak - who is now seen as a favourite to be the next...

BREAKING: Boris Johnson pulls out of Tory leadership race Looks like we're going to get our first ethnic minority PM

Just because a country has a parliament doesn't make it a democracy. The Allthing was suspended between 1799 and 1845. Iceland was also invaded by the British in 1940 and didn't become fully independent from Denmark until 1944.

Olivia Utley: Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak may have reached ‘some sort of agreement’ On GB News, Olivia Utley says that Sunak could be all but confirmed as the new Prime Minister by the end of today with Boris having accepted a place in the Cabinet

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BBC's Emily Maitlis And Stephen Fry Have MELTDOWN Over Boris’ Return As Prime Minister

Sunak enters the race to be PM Pro Rishi Sunak MPs attack Conservatism The left-wing globalists, remoaners and rejoinders of the Tory Party are finally showing their true face

Johnson (again) or Sunak? Either way, the Tories are finished. If Johnson gets in again, he could be out again by Christmas

What's been happening today? The race to become the UK's next prime minister continues, after Liz Truss announced her resignation on Thursday. As things stand, we're in a watching-and-waiting phase, but there's plenty going on behind the scenes as contenders jockey for position. If you're...

Reform UK see membership surge

Reform UK, formerly the Brexit Party, have announced big campaign plans. Here's their leader Richard Tice...