‘Long live the king’ Rishi Sunak tipped as next PM as ‘die is cast’ on Boris premiership

GB News: Trevor Kavanagh predicts Rishi to be new PM

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Political columnist Trevor Kavanagh suggested that the British public can expect to see more resignations from Downing Street in the near future. Five of Boris Johnson’s top Number 10 aides resigned within hours of each other between Thursday and Friday. The political columnist also predicted that Chancellor Rishi Sunak would be trying to take Mr Johnson’s place next as the Priem Minister of the country, due to calls for Mr Johnson’s resignation continuing pile in, amidst the partygate scandal.

Mr Kavanagh told GB News: “But in normal times the crew would go down with the sinking ship, on this occasion, they’ve deserted it like very carefully times rats.

“And they aren’t going to be the last, there will be more to follow probably tomorrow and in the coming days.

“And already Rishi Sunak is effectively posturing as the next Prime Minister.

“It’s not any longer if or when the King is now effectively dead, and it’s long live the King, it’s King Rishi by all the evidence so far.”

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Both Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak have been tipped as the two most likely rivals to succeed Mr Johnson if the opportunity arose.

Research from a recent Ipsos MORI survey carried out for the Evening Standard showed that 33 percent of the British public now think Mr Sunak would be a good Prime Minister.

Mr Sunak also faced backlash this week due to his 1.25 percent increase to national insurance, an increase that many Brits already struggling to afford the cost of living cannot afford.

There has also been a 50 percent increase from Ofgem’s energy prices in the UK.

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Mr Sunak’s name has been surfacing more and more as one of a potential successor due to the successive blows Boris Johnson was delivered in recent weeks.

Munira Mirza, one of the Prime Minister’s most trusted and longtime aides, quit her position as she voiced her frustration at Mr Johnson for failing to apologise about misleading comments about Sir Keir Starmer.

Addressing the Labour leader in the Commons on Monday, he said: “Instead, this leader of the opposition, a former director of public prosecution, who used his time prosecuting journalists and failing to prosecute Jimmy Savile, as far as I can see, he chose to use this moment to continually pre-judge a police inquiry.

“He has reached his conclusions about it. I am not going to reach any conclusions and he would be entirely wrong to do so.

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“I have complete confidence in the police, I hope that they will be allowed simply to get on with their job and don’t propose to offer any more commentary about it and I don’t believe that he should either.”

Ms Mirza said: “I believe it was wrong for you to imply this week that Keir Starmer was personally responsible for allowing Jimmy Savile to escape justice. There was no fair or reasonable basis for that assertion.

“This was not the usual cut and thrust of politics; it was an inappropriate and partisan reference to a horrendous case of child sex abuse.

“You tried to clarify your position today but, despite my urging, you did not apologise for the misleading impression you gave.”

When asked about the comments Mr Johnson made, Mr Sunak said: “Instead this leader of the opposition a former director of public prosecution who used his time prosecuting journalists and failing to prosecute Jimmy Savile, as far as I can see he chose to use this moment to continually pre-judge a police inquiry.

Mr Sunak then later added: “Being honest I wouldn’t have said it and I’m glad that the Prime Minister clarified what he meant.”

Distancing himself from the Prime Minister Mr Sunak also referred to the increase in tax, two weeks before it was confirmed as “the Prime Ministers’ tax.”

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