Yay!!
No, he will go to the financiers and say, Love me Lender.
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Sunak begins addressing MPs
Rishi Sunak has just gone in to a room of backbench Tory MPs, accompanied by some of his loyal backers.
He is receiving a rapturous round of applause and banging of fists on desks by Tory MPs in the room.
Seemingly, the address has finished
Top Truss ally says parliamentary party now behind Sunak
The deputy prime minister Therese Coffey, Liz Truss’s best ally in politics, spoke to me and others outside the meeting where Rishi Sunak just addressed his fellow Tory MPs.
She said it was “absolutely critical that the Conservative Party comes together and we put our full force behind Rishi as prime minister.”
Well, she would say that, wouldn’t she … 
I would what she’ll say to her BFF, LT, later … 
King travelling to London later ahead of meetings with Sunak and Truss
King Charles is going to head back to London this afternoon from Sandringham, his estate in Norfolk.
According to palace sources, this isn’t a change of plan in response to today’s news about the next occupant of 10 Downing Street, but was an arrangement already in place.
There’s no timetable announced yet, but there will have to be an audience between King Charles and the new PM, Rishi Sunak, as well as the outgoing PM, Liz Truss.
These meetings will be in the traditional setting of Buckingham Palace, rather than Balmoral, where last month Liz Truss travelled to meet the late Queen.
‘Back again? Dear, oh dear’
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Sunak congratulated by former PM Theresa May
After addressing his MPs, the new Conservative Party leader Rishi Sunak bumped into the (current) Foreign Secretary James Cleverly on one of parliament’s staircases.
The pair shook hands and embraced. That’s probably not a bad sign for a foreign secretary who’s made it obvious he’d like to stay in his current role, despite initially supporting Boris Johnson.
Marching through the corridors of parliament, Sunak also bumped into a former Tory leader Theresa May.
She appeared to congratulate him.
Well Charlies got spare cash having not to pay inheritance tax.
What happens now?
It’s not been that long since we last saw a Conservative PM replace another - with Boris Johnson heading out of Number 10 Downing Street and Liz Truss heading in less than two months ago.
Now that the Conservative Party has decided on Rishi Sunak as the UK’s next prime minister, we’ll see some of the same choreography:
Prime Minister Liz Truss will offer her resignation to King Charles
Sunak will be invited by the monarch to form a new government
We don’t yet know when this will take place but it will be at Buckingham Palace
The King is travelling back to London this afternoon - in a pre-arranged trip
Sunak will be the first prime minister King Charles invites to form a government. His mother, Queen Elizabeth, saw 15 prime ministers come and go during her time in office
As Boris Johnson did, Truss could give a short address outside No 10 Downing Street before leaving, with Rishi Sunak then giving his own in front of the world’s press when he moves in
Rees-Mogg says he’ll support Sunak - after originally backing Johnson
The current business secretary, who backed Liz Truss in the summer leadership contest and Boris Johnson this time around, says he “will support [Sunak’s] leadership”.
“Now is the time for party unity and I congratulate Rishi Sunak on his victory,” Rees-Mogg, who previously referred to Sunak as a “socialist” for raising taxes when he was chancellor, adds in his tweet.
Only a few posts below that sits an image Rees-Mogg published three days ago, which includes the hashtag #BorisOrBust, and above that a post in which he called on Conservatives to “bring Boris back”.
How quickly do the coats turn …
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Sunak due to give statement to fellow Tory MPs at Conservative HQ in London.
Brief and unremarkable … yada, yada … 
*** Sunak will be the first prime minister King Charles invites to form a government. His mother, Queen Elizabeth, saw 15 prime ministers come and go during her time in office**
They way this government is going King Charles could exceed this in the few years until the General election is set to happen Tuesday 17 December 2024
Wonder how those who voted for Liz Truss a few weeks ago are now voting?
Well the leadership challenge is over but, in the future, I’d guess whichever way serves themselves best … 
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It is now you’ve changed the goalposts. When I posted my reply it was still ‘Tory Leadership Election’ with two candidates…
You’ll be excited to know Britain has a new PM
Your reply:
No mention of “‘Tory Leadership Election’ with two candidates” … the references are to two government ministers - 1 gone and 1 going - in the context, apparently, of a financial conspiracy.
Of course, it was the reason. The Donald Trump types in the party allowed her in, to take a wrecking ball to the UK economy.
But Hey!! Right won - after forty-odd disastrous days - we have
an honest PM.
Fair enough Omah…
Who says they took a wrecking ball to our economy? It didn’t have time to take effect, and it wasn’t all that different from what was already in place. I suspect that the media poisoned the idea before it got off the ground and everyone sucked it up like they always do.
And it remains to be seen if Sunak turns out to be honest once the media get their teeth into him. Unless he doesn’t do anything bold and plays it safe. In that case, nothing ventured etc…
Rishi Sunak has become the new UK prime minister after meeting King Charles at Buckingham Palace
In his first speech, at the lectern outside Downing Street, he says the UK is facing a “profound economic crisis” and that he has been chosen as the new Tory leader to fix some of Liz Truss’s mistakes
“Trust is earned, and I will earn yours,” he tells the public from outside No 10 Downing Street
The address was 6 minutes long and will, no doubt, be analysed by experts.
ETA
Rishi Sunak’s first speech as PM lasted almost six minutes - five minutes and 56 seconds, to be precise - which is longer than all the equivalent speeches by incoming PMs in recent decades, except for Boris Johnson in 2019, who spoke for 11 minutes and 13 seconds.
Truss’s inaugural speech on 6 September lasted just over four minutes.
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He’s got a very low bar created by his 2 predecessors to get over in terms of trust and credibility
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