A veteran Conservative MP, Crispin Blunt, became the first to publicly call for the resignation of British Prime Minister Liz Truss this Sunday, but the internal rebellion against the leader already involves dozens, according to local media.
“The game is up for her. Now it’s about [decidir] how his succession is handled,” Blunt said in advanced remarks on “Channel 4” television, part of an interview airing tonight.
In the interview he stated that “if there is a broad opinion within the parliamentary group that there should be a replacement, it will be done”.
The deputy said that he does not know how it will be carried out or by what mechanism Truss could be removed from Downing Street, the official residence and office of the heads of government in the United Kingdom, but reiterated that, if that is the will of the party, I wish , is something that will happen anyway.
The Guardian newspaper reported that Conservative leaders will meet on Monday to discuss a “rescue mission” that would see Truss leave, after his new finance minister, Jeremy Hunt, failed to cut taxes that the prime minister He had made the center of politics. his command.
Among the names already being considered to succeed him are former finance minister Rishi Sunak, who was defeated by Truss in this summer’s Conservative primaries, or current defense chief Ben Wallace.
The prime minister has multiplied contacts and work meetings in an attempt to save herself in office and today called a crisis meeting at her residence with her new finance minister, appointed on Friday after the resignation of Kwasi Kwarteng, to prepare a new budget plan.
Jeremy Hunt has been appointed as the UK government’s finance minister, succeeding Kwasi Kwarteng, who was unexpectedly sacked after just 38 days in office.
Hunt’s appointment was seen by political commentators as a way for the Tory leader to appease financial markets and the centrist wing of the party, which has been the source of much of the internal criticism of the executive’s economic strategy in recent days. .
The political crisis, just over a month after the current government took office, was caused by the repercussions of the so-called “Growth Plan”, presented on September 23 by Kwarteng in parliament.
The plan delivered on some tax cuts promised by Truss during the Tory leadership election campaign, along with measures to freeze energy prices, but the lack of measures to balance public accounts was poorly received by financial markets. .
In the days that followed, the pound depreciated sharply and interest rates on British debt rose, as did interest rates on mortgage loans.
The Bank of England was forced to intervene in the bond market, which helped stabilize the pound and debt, but the British government’s plan was criticized by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the risk of exacerbating inflation, and the agencies Fitch and Standard and Poor’s downgraded the rating of the United Kingdom from stable to negative.
The then Minister of Finance had already been forced to bring forward the presentation of the “medium-term fiscal plan” from November 23 to October 31.
However, several Conservative Party MPs continued to push for measures to stabilize the economy and stem the loss of popularity in the polls to be announced earlier.
Some recent polls point to a Labor Party lead over the Conservatives of more than 25 percentage points.
Source: TSF
