Rishi Sunak continued his winning streak in the British PM race, by bagging 101 votes to win round 2 of Tory leadership battle. With this, he has cemented his grip on the race to replace Boris Johnson as Conservative Party leader and British prime minister. Trade Minister Penny Mordaunt (83 votes), Foreign Secretary Liz Truss (64 votes), former minister Kemi Badenoch (49 votes) and Tory backbencher Tom Tugendhat (32 votes) remain on the ballot in the narrowing race after the second round of votes were cast by lawmakers. Suella Braverman, the Indian-origin Attorney General in the fray, was knocked off the shortlist with the least votes at 27. Watch this video for more details.
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