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UK Prime Minister Candidate Sunak Calls Himself 'Underdog' at Campaign Launch

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Rishi Sunak, former Chancellor of the Exchequer and one of the two final candidates for the position of UK Conservative Party leader and... 23.07.2022, Sputnik International

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"Today my campaign with party members begins. My campaign will represent the very best of conservative values. I will give everything to earn every vote. Be in no doubt, I am the underdog," Sunak said at the launch of his election campaign in the city of Grantham, Lincolnshire county, as broadcast by Sky News.On Wednesday, the UK saw the fifth round of the voting in the Tories' leader race, with Sunak coming first with 137 votes and UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss overtaking the third candidate, junior trade minister Penny Mordaunt, with 113 votes to Mordaunt's 105.A YouGov poll published on Thursday showed that over 60% of UK Conservative Party members are prepared to vote for Truss, while her opponent Sunak is likely to get 40% of the votes.

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UK Prime Minister Candidate Sunak Calls Himself 'Underdog' at Campaign Launch

13:42 GMT 23.07.2022 (Updated: 15:20 GMT 28.05.2023)

© AP Photo / Justin TallisBritain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak pauses as he speaks during a press conference in the Downing Street briefing room, in London, Thursday Feb. 3, 2022. Britain's energy regulator announced Thursday that a cap on energy prices is going up by a record 54% because of the soaring costs of wholesale natural gas, a change that will significantly burden millions of households already squeezed by rapidly climbing bills. (Justin Tallis/Pool via AP)

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak pauses as he speaks during a press conference in the Downing Street briefing room, in London, Thursday Feb. 3, 2022. Britain's energy regulator announced Thursday that a cap on energy prices is going up by a record 54% because of the soaring costs of wholesale natural gas, a change that will significantly burden millions of households already squeezed by rapidly climbing bills. (Justin Tallis/Pool via AP) - Sputnik International, 1920, 23.07.2022

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Rishi Sunak, former Chancellor of the Exchequer and one of the two final candidates for the position of UK Conservative Party leader and prime minister, said on Saturday that he is "the underdog."

On Wednesday, the UK saw the fifth round of the voting in the Tories' leader race, with Sunak coming first with 137 votes and UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss overtaking the third candidate, junior trade minister Penny Mordaunt, with 113 votes to Mordaunt's 105.

A YouGov poll published on Thursday showed that over 60% of UK Conservative Party members are prepared to vote for Truss, while her opponent Sunak is likely to get 40% of the votes.