Liz Truss leads the race for UK’s next PM by 22 points: Survey

London: UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has gained as many as a 22-point lead over former chancellor Rishi Sunak in the race for becoming the next Prime Minister, according to the latest Opinium Research survey.
According to Opinium Research, Truss received 61 per cent of the vote for the next PM post while Sunak got only 39 per cent.
🚨NEW CONSERVATIVE MEMBERS POLL🚨 Liz Truss holds a 22 points lead.
Liz Truss 61% Rishi Sunak 39% We surveyed 570 members between Monday and Friday this week. pic.twitter.com/T6wTCPM63V — Opinium (@OpiniumResearch) August 13, 2022 The Opinium Research took the sample of 570 conservative members between Monday and Friday, among which the party members had decided how they would vote in the ongoing leadership election.
Earlier, Sunak vowed to support the most vulnerable people of the UK amid the rising energy crisis in the country.
“People need reassurance now about what we will do and I make no apology for concentrating on what matters most. Because whatever the ‘boosterish’ talk of others, you can’t heat your home with hope,” he wrote in an opinion piece for the British daily The Times.
Sunak said that he totally focused on tackling household challenges like inflation that his country faces today. However, several analysts and successive surveys point out that the most pressing challenge that Sunak faces is the way to 10 Downing Street.