33 favourite reactions to the news that the UK’s next PM will be Sunak or Truss
Penny Mordaunt has been eliminated from the Tory leadership race after getting the support of 105 MPs, compared to Rishi Sunak’s 137 and Liz Truss’ 113.
BREAKING: Penny Mordaunt is out of the Tory leadership race, meaning our next prime minister will either be the guy who destroyed the economy or the woman who holds a telephone upside down. Isn't this exciting? x
— Laura Kuenssberg Translator (@BBCLauraKT) July 20, 2022
Penny Mordaunt and Nadine Dorries leaving Downing Street tonight pic.twitter.com/BpF3GLlTNb
— Simon Gosden. Esq. #fbpe 3.5% 🇪🇺🐟🇬🇧🏴☠️🦠💙 (@g_gosden) July 20, 2022
Last Friday, a whole four days ago, sensible people assumed Penny Mordaunt would be the next prime minister. All it took to relegate her from red-hot favourite to rank outsider was actually listening to her.
— Jonathan Lis (@jonlis1) July 19, 2022
Which means that the next prime minister of the UK will be Sunak or Truss.
Here are some of the best reactions we’ve seen so far.
1.
Liz Truss, god bless her, has the demeanour of someone who’s accidentally scoffed an edible and is trying to make it through a workplace appraisal.
— Ash Sarkar (@AyoCaesar) July 20, 2022
2.
After Sunak wins fourth round of Tory leadership race, British public admits they’re ‘ready for Rishi’ in the same way they’re ‘ready for a root canal’ or ‘ready for a prostate exam’.
— Have I Got News For You (@haveigotnews) July 19, 2022
3.
The next PM will either be Rishi Sunak, who lives in another world, or Liz Truss, who is on another planet.
— Parody Boris (@Parody_PM) July 20, 2022
4.
So…Pinky and the Brain don't go head-to-head till Monday night. Plenty of time to not make any slip ups and not rip each other to pieces then… pic.twitter.com/4PiuQXX5UD
— Stephen McGann💙 (@StephenMcGann) July 20, 2022
5.
Love this Team Sunak blathering about a "historic fifth term", as if they've been in power a quarter century rather than 12 years. It's only historic in that the party now shits itself in public at two year intervals.
— Ian Dunt (@IanDunt) July 21, 2022
6.
obsessed with this liz truss photoshoot where they've styled her as if the joker started shopping in LK bennett pic.twitter.com/dpVqsdzUSN
— Róisín Lanigan (@rosielanners) July 20, 2022
7.
As experts warn of massive fires, irreparable damage to UK infrastructure and potentially the apocalypse, Liz Truss supporters say it won’t be that bad.
— Have I Got News For You (@haveigotnews) July 20, 2022
8.
I'm looking forward to only being the second worst Prime Minister in history. pic.twitter.com/zzB1y3unQt
— Parody Boris (@Parody_PM) July 21, 2022
9.
BREAKING: An optimistic Liz Truss says she is looking forward to becoming the UK's fourth consecutive worst prime minister ever x
— Laura Kuenssberg Translator (@BBCLauraKT) July 19, 2022
10.
Oh god. Mordaunt is out. Looks like it will be #PoundlandMaggie after all. #PoundlandMaggie #LizTruss #ToryLeadershipContest pic.twitter.com/xAEBZRwH5I
— Miffy (@miffythegamer) July 20, 2022
11.
Just had to explain to Liz Truss that retweeting isn't the same as fleeing a battle.
— THE SECRET TORY 🇬🇧 (@secrettory12) July 20, 2022
12.
Liz Truss will be a prime minister who unites the country and her party. Everyone, Remainer or Leaver, left or right, will soon agree that she was a diabolical choice for prime minster – the worst of a bad bunch – and that the Tories made an existential error in choosing her.
— Nick Tyrone (@NicholasTyrone) July 19, 2022
13.
Rishi Sunak is The Apprentice candidate who seems competent but loses every task by a record amount while Liz Truss is The Apprentice candidate who everyone knows is fucking awful but wins it because the people who decide who wins it are senile old codgers
— dave ❄️ 🥕 🧻 (@davemacladd) July 21, 2022
14.
Truss v Sunak!
Surely Starmer’s team are getting in the beers tonight. 🍺
— Mike Galsworthy (@mikegalsworthy) July 20, 2022
15.
Sunak vs Truss. Perfect summer reading. #labourgain
— Chris Bryant (@RhonddaBryant) July 20, 2022
16.
a Liz Truss Government with Nadine Dorries and Jacob Rees-Mogg is the stuff dreams are made of ie. complete Tory annihilation at the next GE 🥳
— dave ❄️ 🥕 🧻 (@davemacladd) July 20, 2022
17.
I've watched several videos of Liz Truss now, and her delivery style is 'your friend's mum who was in an am-dram production of Twelfth Night and let herself down afterwards at the Dog And Duck.'
— Mark Watson (I saw him at the Fringe one time) (@watsoncomedian) July 20, 2022