Da Boris Johnson a Rishi Sunak: l’imprescindibilità delle convenzioni costituzionali nella scelta del Premier britannico

On 25 October 2022, Conservative MP Rishi Sunak became British Prime Minister. The path through which the current Prime Minister took on this role deserves an in-depth examination, both because it highlights certain aspects of the British political and constitutional set-up that are sometimes little considered, and because such an examination of ers useful food for thought in order to understand the influence of the relationship between the legislature and the executive on the ability of the government to hold of ice in other national contexts. The following sectionsrecall the salient features of the af air that put an end to Boris Johnson's experience of government, which was succeeded by the brief and problematic parabola of Premier Liz Truss, and finally concluded by the transfer of Rishi Sunak to No. 10 Downing Street, and the more relevant legal and political aspects will be highlighted.