Rishi Sunak is the new PM

In a surprise to basically no one, Penny Mordaunt shortly before 2 pm conceded that it was not in the country’s interest for her to continue challenging for the position of Prime Minister. If she becomes foreign secretary, the brutal What’s App which was sent to Chistopher Hope, political editor of the Telegraph earlier last week about the supposed stitch up — Rishi Sunak PM, Hunt Chancellor and Penny Mordaunt Foreign Secretary will prove to be remarkably far-seeing. Remember that brutal WhatsApp message that set out a new Tory top team? Turns out it was right (telegraph.co.uk)

In any case, Rishi Sunak, the former chancellor, the runner up in the summer’s contest, the man some say wielded the knife becomes the prime minister of Great Britain. He is the first person of East African Asian descent to do so. He is also one of the wealthiest men in Britain. Rishi Sunak: the Star Wars geek who quoted Heseltine | News | The Times

In other news, the NHS has done a commission report for the new service for children suffering from gender incongruence. It is worth reading the actual report to see how far they have moved from the affirmation only approach advocated by charities like Mermaids. Among other things, it states that most children outgrow gender incongruence, and that social transitioning is not a neutral act. https://www.engage.england.nhs.uk/specialised-commissioning/gender-dysphoria-services/user_uploads/b1937-ii-interim-service-specification-for-specialist-gender-dysphoria-services-for-children-and-young-people-22.pdf