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 realised the country and the Conservative Party needed unity.to try and secure the backing of 100 lawmakers to enter Monday's ballot to replace Liz Truss, the woman who succeeded him in September after he was driven out of office over a string of scandals.
According to the rules of the accelerated contest, if only one candidate secures the backing of 100 Conservative lawmakers, they will be named prime minister on Monday. That had raised concerns that Johnson would return to Downing Street with the backing of the party members, and not a majority of lawmakers in parliament. The BBC says Sunak has the backing of almost 150 lawmakers so far.One Sunak supporter, who asked not to be named, said his main reaction was relief because if Johnson had won the"party would have torn itself apart".
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