While ex-PM Boris Johnson made a frantic comeback in an attempt to regain power in the UK, the odds were stacking against him.
Despite sufficient support to go on to the next round, he pulled out of the race.
The reason he gave is that Rishi Sunak, his former Minister of Finance whose resignation caused the collapse of Johnson’s government this year, has a massive lead in the race to become the next PM.
Will Sunak become the first Indian-origin PM in the UK?
Yesterday, the UK saw a desperate rise in racism with a caller on a show saying Sunak is not a British citizen.