Rishi Sunak 'should accept it's all over' says Kay Burley

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Rishi Sunak has reportedly vowed to stay on as an MP after losing the Tory leadership contest. Throughout the campaign, numerous polls found Mr Sunak to be miles behind eventual winner Liz Truss. However, the final result of 57 percent – 43 percent in Ms Truss’ favour was closer than many anticipated. In fact, the Guardian reports allies of Mr Sunak believe he could run again for the leadership of Ms Truss underwhelms.

The newspaper also quoted a Truss-backer as saying: “He could hang around until when the next election is called and see which way the wind is blowing.

“If we lose, the party will have to face up to reality and should be more willing to listen to his hard truths.”

Another person who thinks Mr Sunak is not giving up on Number 10 just yet is journalist at The Spectator, Fraser Nelson.

Speaking to the Coffee House Shots podcast on Monday, he said that Mr Sunak’s body language after being informed of his defeat suggested he is going nowhere yet.

Mr Nelson said: “I was in the hall watching Sunak very carefully as he left.

“He left very quickly, it’s always silly to try and work out what you can read from the expression in their face, but I fancy that I saw the expression of somebody who thinks this isn’t quite over.”

He added: “Rishi Sunak got a bigger share of the votes than we expected, everything that has been discussed in this race has been in terms of Truss being absolutely ahead.

“To come as close as he did is interesting, Truss’ 57 percent stands in contrast to the 66 percent that Boris Johnson won.

“This is a decisive result, but it isnt a landslide, and this shows that the membership are more divided than people might think.

“Only a minority of Tory MPs, even now, came out in favour of Truss. So we can see the conditions set for a difficult relationship with the party.”

Ms Truss and Mr Sunak clashed on a number of occasions during the leadership contest.

The former Chancellor attacked Ms Truss economic policy while she hit out at his record on taxes when he was in Government.

It appears Ms Truss is keen to ensure Mr Sunak’s influence is not felt in the next Government.

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As she appoints her new Cabinet, three prominent supporters of Mr Sunak have been removed from their ministerial roles.

Dominic Raab, Grant Shapps and Steve Barclay have been sacked from their roles as Deputy Prime Minister, Transport Secretary and Health Secretary.

Therese Coffey is reportedly set to take on the Health role and Deputy Prime Minister.

Meanwhile, Suella Braverman is looking likely to become the new Home Secretary, and Kwasi Kwarteng is reportedly a shoo-in as Chancellor.

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