After six weeks in Downing Street, British Prime Minister Liz Truss entered a new zone of turmoil on Wednesday with the surprise resignation of her home secretary over misuse of a personal email address. Rejected by public opinion, questioned within her own majority, the conservative leader, who claims to want to remain in office despite the abandonment of her economic program, once again sees her credibility and authority weakened.
Less than a week after having to fire his Finance Minister, and great friend Kwasi Kwarteng, he lost the very right-wing boss of “Home Office“, in charge of the sensitive archive of illegal crossings of the English Channel, which reach record levels.
A resignation… and an accusation against his boss
Suella Braverman, 42, said she resigned for using her personal email to send official documents, violating department code. While she was doing her my fault, launched a strong charge against the head of government, in a context of frenzy in Westminster. In her resignation letter, Suella Braverman expressed her “serious concern” about the government’s policy that, according to her, is giving up on her promises, particularly in the immigration file.
She was replaced in the process by Grant Shapps, Boris Johnson’s Transport Minister. In nommant un soutien de son ancien adversaire de ella dans la course au pouvoir-et potentiel candidat pour la replacer-Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss profite de ce nouvel épisode chaotique de son mandat de ella pour poster une ouverture dont elle a été accusée de manquer depuis are arrivée au power.
Does this departure start a hemorrhage within the government like the one that was fatal to Boris Johnson in July? In any case, it’s bad luck for Liz Truss, who is looking to regain control after her new finance minister, Jeremy Hunt, ripped up the massive tax cuts she had promised on Monday, and while her personal rating is at an all-time high. bass.
55% of Conservatives want Liz Truss gone
According to a YouGov poll, only one in ten Britons have a favorable opinion of Liz Truss, one in five among Conservative Party voters. And 55% of the members of the majority party believe that Liz Truss should resign, two years before the general election where the Labor opposition would defeat the Conservatives according to polls.
Six MPs from her party have already publicly urged Liz Truss to leave. However, in the absence of an obvious successor, the Conservatives are reluctant to embark on a new and lengthy process of appointing a new leader, and seek a consensus to agree on a name, but seem to be far from achieving it.
Source: BFM TV
