#UK will welcome first Indian Prime Minister ##苏纳克将出任英国新任首相 #
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Unsurprisingly, after Johnson abstained from the election, Sunak easily overtook Mordaunt as the new British prime minister.
According to global network news, on October 24, local time, the United Kingdom announced the results of the election for the leader of its ruling party, and former Chancellor of the Exchequer Sunak, as the only candidate, was smoothly elected by himself.
This means that Sunak will replace Truss, who resigned, and sit on the prime minister's throne. According to the report, Sunak's election has set two consecutive records: first, Sunak is the first Indian prime minister in British history; He is also the youngest prime minister in modern British history, at just 42 years old.
Sunak had previously lost the election to former Prime Minister Truss, and there was speculation at the time whether Sunak's Indian-origin status was hindering his path to governance.
In fact, although Sunak is of Indian descent, according to his resume, he is even more British than the British. Sunak's parents are both Indian immigrants with huge economic power, Sunak received a British aristocratic education since childhood, from Winchester to Oxford University, and then to Stanford University, Sunak's growth can be described as smooth, including Sunak's wife is also from a British billionaire family.
It can be seen that Sunak only has some ties to India by blood, and in other respects, he is like a fake British.
According to the report, Sunak will go to Buckingham Palace on the 25th local time to meet with Charles III and accept the appointment to form a new government. It should be noted that Sunak is already the third prime minister of the United Kingdom this year. The fate of the first two is somewhat similar, both were "forced to resign" from the palace.
Johnson made a mess of the British economy, and then was forced to leave in a scandal, and Truss was even more unlucky, as soon as he took office, the queen "died", and the internal environment of Britain began to change subtly. Coupled with Truss's own toss-ups, only 45 days after taking office, he smashed the "mess" of the British economy even worse, and finally couldn't stay and had no choice but to resign.
Now as soon as Sunak takes office, he faces "three mountains", and the pressure can be imagined.
One is the economic burden within the UK. The UK is currently facing its worst cost-of-living crisis in decades, combined with the impact of sanctions against Russia, energy prices are also rising, and people's lives are becoming more and more difficult. What's more, Truss's "tax cuts" have made the British economy worse.
Sunak is so popular in large part because he has contradicted Truss's economic policies. In the eyes of many Britons, since Truss has been proved wrong, Sunak must be right. Sunak himself is full of confidence, vowing to restore the economy in a statement, and it is expected that Sunak will "recharge" the economy by cutting spending.
The second is the external challenges facing the UK, particularly its relationship with the EU. To this day, the economic and political impact of Brexit continues to be carried out, and after Brexit, the trade between the UK and the EU has become less and less, and relations have deteriorated, and this is just one aspect.
On the other hand, the issue of Northern Ireland has become more prominent, and with the death of the Queen, there are many opponents of Brexit in other parts of the United Kingdom who want to secede from the United Kingdom. On the international stage, how can Sunak break the game?
The third is the crisis within the Conservative Party. Since the beginning of this year, there have been 3 Conservative Prime Ministers in the United Kingdom, and the collapse of Johnson and Truss has caused the public's trust in the Conservative Party to decline, and the Conservative Party's poll support has been falling all the way, and even once exceeded 30% by the rival Labour Party. Some MPs pessimistically predicted that the Conservative Party would not be able to win the next general election.
Moreover, the Conservative Party is not monolithic, although Sunak has won the position of prime minister, but because he is automatically elected and has not gone through other procedures such as debate and competition, some people are not optimistic about Sunak.
When the negative impact of Truss gradually dissipates, people may cease to have Sunak's "savior" filter. It is conceivable that Sunak, who has been given high expectations, is likely to be criticized if he fails to meet people's expectations in the process of taking office.
If Sunak is also difficult to "rejuvenate", but is self-defeating like Truss, and is overwhelmed by the "three mountains", then the "palace forcing curse" in British politics may continue to be staged.