A recent poll by YouGov, a polling specialist, revealed the list of candidates to succeed Boris Johnson as Prime Minister of the UK, Penny Mordant, the former British Defense Secretary.
Mordant had the highest voter turnout among Tory candidates for prime minister with 27%, followed by MP Kimi Badonch with 15%, followed by ex-treasury secretary Richie Sonnock and affairs minister Liz Truss. Abroad were ranked third. with an equal share of 13. percent.
The poll is a measure of majority opinion within the party, but a Tory official said Rishi Sonak, the outgoing UK finance minister, led the party’s second round of internal voting on Thursday ahead of former defense secretary Mardont.
Sunak was third with 101 votes from Conservative Party MPs, Mordant with 83 votes and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss with 64 votes.
A party leader will be chosen from among them in a vote reserved for party affiliates only, and the result will be announced on September 5.
Tariq Fahmy, a professor of political science at the American University in Cairo, believes that “Mordunnet remains the most likely prime ministerial candidate ever,” noting that “the competition between him and Sunak is tough.”
In an interview with “Sky News Arabic”, Fahmi emphasized that the cases pending against the prime minister are still alive, regardless of his name and identity, and stated: “The most important of them is the mechanism to deal with the consequences of the worsening economic crisis. and leaving the European Union, as well as hot foreign cases.”
Fahmy said that the scenarios facing the next British government are fraught with risks, especially as “the current reality creates escalating challenges in relation to the economic situation and delayed legislation, including those related to the development sectors.”
Regarding the country’s foreign relations during the new government, Fahmi expected that “their process will continue as during Johnson’s time and London’s support for Ukraine will continue.”
Penelope Marie Mordant, known as Penny Mordant, born 4 March 1973, is a Conservative Party politician and Secretary of Defense since 2019.
Mordant has been the Member of Parliament for Portsmouth North since the 2010 election and served as Secretary of State for International Development from 2017 to 2019.
From July 2016 to November 2017, Mordant served as Secretary of State at the Department for Work and Pensions and was appointed Secretary of State for International Development until November 2017.
In May 2019, Mordaunt was appointed as Defense Secretary after Prime Minister Theresa May sacked politician and former Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson following the leak of top-secret National Security Council information.
Source: Lebanon Debate
