LONDON: Rishi Sunak looked set to become Britain’s next prime minister after Boris Johnson withdrew from the contest on Sunday, saying that although he had enough support to make the final ballot he realized the country and the Conservative Party needed unity. Johnson had raced home from a holiday in the Caribbean to try and […]
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UK’s embattled Truss told: ‘The game is up’
LONDON: Britain’s Prime Minister Liz Truss on Sunday vied to reboot her economic program, but Conservative critics warned the party faces electoral oblivion under her crippled leadership. With even US President Joe Biden joining in attacks on her libertarian platform, Truss admitted it had been a “wrench” to fire her friend Kwasi Kwarteng as chancellor […]