On October 24, local time, 42-year-old Rishi Sunak won the leadership competition and became the leader of the British Conservative Party, and then became the 57th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. According to the Daily Mail on the same day, when Sunak celebrated his victory at the headquarters of the Conservative Party, netizens were surprised to find that he was "levitating" from the crowd, as if suddenly five or six centimeters taller, Twitter users were confused, and some commented that it looked like Super Mario Bros. stepped on a mushroom.
Above is the moment when new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak celebrates his upcoming arrival at 10 Downing Street.
Late Sunday night, former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who was trying to get back to the pot, dramatically withdrew from the leadership race on the grounds of Conservative Party unity, and on Monday afternoon, Sunak's only competitor, Penny Mordaunt, failed to meet the threshold of 100 nominations and made a last-minute statement embarrassingly withdrawn, so Sunak won without suspense as the only candidate who met the criteria, becoming the new leader of the Conservative Party and the first non-white, Indian-born prime minister of the United Kingdom. This day also coincides with the Hindu festival of Diwali, so it has a special meaning for Sunak himself.
During the celebrations following the victory, the 1.67-metre-tall Yorkshire Richmond MP happily waved to his colleagues, and suddenly, in the picture, Sunak's figure became 5 or 6 centimeters taller, feeling as if suspended in the air.
Many netizens joked that this was Sunak's imitation of the action of stepping on a mushroom in Super Mario Bros., after which the player's height would immediately increase.
Some netizens said that this is Sunak using magic to reassure the British, and he is promising that "the British economy will grow."
More netizens were puzzled by Sunak's sudden "height", and left a message saying, don't joke! The more you stare at the picture, the more strange it will become! He didn't seem to step on anything, and no one carried him, so why did he suddenly become high and float?
Some netizens said that maybe Sunak first took a few steps back, and then jumped forward to achieve this effect; Or, someone is quietly carrying him underneath; Or, he stepped on a box!
Of course, height is never an obstacle. The famous British Prime Minister Winston Churchill is only 5 feet 5 inches tall, equivalent to 1.65 meters, which is not as tall as Sunak.
In a brief 10-minute speech at the Conservative headquarters, Sunak called Britain a great country and vowed to work diligently day in and day out to solve the current serious economic problems.
Rishi Sunak promised that he would run 10 Downing Street with integrity and humility, and he understood it was a huge challenge.
Sunak told his colleagues that Boris Johnson, Penny Modal and Liz Truss were still good colleagues and friends in the Conservative Party, and that they needed to stand united and not tolerate division.
It is expected that on October 25, local time, Sunak will go to Buckingham Palace to meet King Charles III, and the king will officially appoint him as the British Prime Minister.
The last week has been a world change for Sunak.
Just five days ago, he was just a father of a half-term English school holiday with his daughters, his first family holiday in three and a half years, and he was about to play a ten-ball bowling match when he received a call telling him that another battle for Conservative leadership was imminent, and just days later, the 42-year-old man entered Downing Street to face one of the toughest situations in British history.
Sunak is a die-hard Star Wars fan whose dream is to become a "Jedi", and he once shared his love for Star Wars with his closest friend in politics, Sajid Javid, so when he won the contest, Javid posted on social media that the young Sunak was "very strong in the Force".
Now, Britain needs Sunak's Force.
Source: theSun, DAILYMAIL, BING
Editor: Zhang Xiao