Twitter wants Stormzy as next prime minister

Following the resignation of David Cameron, the UK is awaiting a leadership battle to commence for the country's top job.

Amidst the poltical infighting rife throughout Westminster at the moment, one candidate is gaining increasing momentum as the people's choice - Stormzy.

This was the tweet from Stormzy that set it all off:

At nearly 80,000 retweets and counting, grassroots support for the grime artist is evident. Now all he needs to pull it off is to convince a few more million members of the public and obtain a party nomination. The following tweet and Stormzy's response beneath suggests he may well have got his foot in the door for the latter...

Check out Stormzy's guest lecture at Oxford University earlier this year, and the campaign poster a fan has made below.