Rishi Sunak says he is underdog in PM race as ‘forces that be’ want Truss
by Miranda Bryant, Aubrey Allegretti and Peter Walker from World news | The Guardian on (#61QDC)
Former chancellor suggests Tory party powers hope leadership contest will be a coronation' for his rival
Rishi Sunak has positioned himself as the underdog in the Conservative leadership race, claiming the forces that be" want Liz Truss to be the next prime minister.
Addressing a crowd in Grantham on Saturday, the Lincolnshire home town of Margaret Thatcher, Sunak declared have no doubt, I am the underdog" and suggested that Conservative party powers want the race to be a coronation" for Truss.
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