London: Amid the ongoing race for the next Prime Minister in the UK, foreign secretary Liz Truss has gained a 24-point lead over former chancellor Rishi Sunak.
Earlier, the Conservative Party sent both Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss through to the final stage of the party’s leadership contest in the ongoing race to replace Boris Johnson.
The finalists for the position went head-to-head in a television program ahead of the previous round, clashing over issues ranging from the state of the economy to each other’s tax spending plans.
According to YouGov, one of them will be selected for the post of Prime Minister by the party’s ballot running from 4th August to late until September. The report further suggested that Truss would beat Sunak in a hypothetical head-to-head by 19 points.
The recent reports by YouGov suggest that Truss will retain her strong advantage against Sunak in the Troy polls.
According to the survey, 31 per cent of the members intend to vote for Rishi Sunak, while 49 per cent intend to vote for Liz Truss. A further 15 per cent currently don’t know how they will vote, and 6 percent currently tell us they will abstain.
This puts the headline voting intention at 62 per cent for Truss and 38 per cent for Sunak (i.e. after people who are currently unsure or won’t vote are excluded) – a 24-point lead for the foreign secretary.
The reports further added that Rishi Sunak has a mountain to climb in order to overturn Truss’s support. Sunak has a lot of work to do convincing current Truss backers that they should be voting for him instead.
Tuesday’s debate was cancelled after presenter Kate McCann fainted and collapsed live on air.
(With Agency Inputs)