LONDON: Former UK chancellor Rishi Sunak on Friday formally launched his bid to succeed Boris Johnson as the new Conservative Party leader and future prime minister, calling for the UK to be headed in the “right direction”. The promise was made, which became supreme. -Profile Tory MP has yet to throw his hat in the ring for the race for leadership. The 42-year-old British Indian minister resigned from the UK cabinet earlier this week, setting in motion events that eventually led to Johnson’s resignation.
Her #Ready4Rishi campaign began with a message on Twitter, a video made of images of her Indian-origin grandparents and parents, who had left for the UK via East Africa.
“I stand to be the next leader of the Conservative Party and your prime minister. Let’s restore confidence, rebuild the economy and reunite the country,” Sunak said. “Someone has to capture the moment and take the right decision,” he said in the video.
I stand to be the next leader of the Conservative Party and to be your Prime Minister.
Let’s restore confidence, rebuild the economy and reunite the country. #ready4sage
Sign up https://t.co/KKucZTV7N1 pic.twitter.com/LldqjLRSgF— ready for sage (@RishiSunak) 8 July 2022
He questioned, “Do we face this moment with honesty, seriousness and determination or do we tell ourselves comforting fairy tales that may make us feel better in the moment but spoil our children tomorrow.” Will give.”
The MP for Richmond in Yorkshire since 2015 promises to lead the country in the right direction based on the “non-negotiable values” of “patriotism, fairness and hard work”.
He said, “Family is everything to me and my family gave me opportunities they could only dream of. But it was Britain, our country, that gave him and millions of others like him a better future.”
“I got into politics because I want everyone in this country to have equal opportunities, so that they can give a better future to their children. Our country is facing great challenges, the most serious for a generation and the decisions we take today Let’s take it, they will decide whether the next generation of British people will also have a chance for a better future.”
Referring to his most recent role as finance minister, Sunak describes how he ran the “toughest department” in the UK government during the toughest of times while facing the nightmare of COVID.
“We have enough division. Politics at its best is an integrated endeavor and I have spent my career bringing people together because that is the only way to be successful,” he said. Coming days and weeks.
Sunak, son-in-law of Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy, has long been seen as Johnson’s successor at 10 Downing Street and is believed to have garnered the support of a significant section of the Tory party to launch his candidacy. .
“We need to make sure this isn’t the end of the British Indian story. We can achieve much more. We can do a lot more. And I’m really excited about the future,” he said. told reporters last week, when asked if he could become Britain’s first Indian-origin prime minister.
“I am incredibly proud of where I come from. It will always be a huge part of who I am. And it gives me joy to live, and belong, in a country where all our faults are For, for all our challenges, someone like me can become a chancellor. Our job now is to ensure that this is not the end of the British Indian story, but the beginning,” he said in a speech at the UK-India Awards ceremony last week. said in.
Sunak, who was born and raised in the coastal English town of Southampton, has referred to Britain as “the land of rewarding deeds” because of what he did by his National Health Service (NHS) general practitioner (GP) father Yashveer and Reflected on the sacrifices made. Pharmacist mother Usha.
The Oxford and Stanford University alumni entered politics in 2016 just before the Brexit referendum and moved into junior roles at the UK Treasury Department, before being promoted to the top post of chancellor in February 2020, giving the UK its first pandemic A few weeks before being forced into lockdown.
He proved hugely popular as he brought in a number of grants and job-saving schemes, but that popularity began to take a hit in recent months as the cost of living crisis struck and he needed to raise some taxes to cope. was unpublished about. Tough economic times.
Earlier in the day, Tom Tugendhat, chairman of the powerful House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, announced his intention to contest the election soon after UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps indicated he would also be vying for the top job. Indian-origin Suella Braverman is also in the running.