Live / Truss or Sunak? New British Prime Minister announced today

Graham Brady, Chairman of the 1922 Committee (which manages the internal affairs of the Conservative Party) is now speaking to announce the result.

Liz Truss is the winner, with 81,326 votes against 60,399 for Rishi Sunak.

Andrew Stephenson, chairman of the party, now begins to address the audience.

“This campaign shows that the Conservative Party has a good voice and is strong,” he begins by saying, in front of the militants who applaud him.

Stephenson also thanks party members. “They were constructively and level-headedly involved in the process,” he says.

“I want to thank our outgoing leader, Prime Minister Boris Johnson,” he adds. The room reacts with a long applause. “It is now essential that we unite as a party around our new leader and new prime minister.”

Graham Brady, who will announce the results, is already on his way to the QEII Center.

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Liz Truss has also arrived at the building.

Protesters linked to the Animal Rebellion group crossed the street in front of the QEII Center, the building in Westminster where the Chairman of the 1922 Committee, Graham Brady, will announce the results.

Sky News reports that there have been arrests, but it is not yet known how many people were taken away by police.

Good day.

The Conservative Party is half an hour away from announcing its new leader and, by implication, the new UK Prime Minister who will succeed Boris Johnson.

Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak are candidates in an internal selection process in which activists conservative they voted by letter for who they want to direct the destinies of the country. Truss, the former chancellor, is the heavy favorite according to the polls.

The result will be announced at 12:30, followed by a speech from the winner. The hearings for Boris Johnson and after the winner with the Queen will not take place until tomorrow Tuesday.

The Observer will monitor this entire process. Stay with us.