The new British prime minister will be appointed on Friday, October 28, by the Conservative Party in power, announced Thursday a majority leader, Graham Brady, after the resignation of Liz Truss.
“It will be possible to poll and conclude an election by Friday, October 28,” Graham Brady told reporters as the selection process for Liz Truss by the roughly 170,000 ruling party members took two months after the departure of Boris Johnson.
An ephemeral mandate
British Prime Minister Liz Truss finally resigned on Thursday to step down after just six weeks in power
“Given the situation, I cannot fulfill the mandate for which I was elected by the conservative party. For this reason, I have spoken with His Majesty the King to inform him of my resignation,” she announced.
Throwing in the towel after just six weeks in office, Liz Truss becomes the smallest Downing Street prime minister in modern British history.
Unpopular, no economic program
More unpopular than ever in public opinion, without an economic program after the humiliating abandonment of tax cuts and having had to do without two of her most important ministers, Liz Truss was sure that she wanted to stay in the job, her maintenance in Downing Street seemed well compromised.
Amid the cost of living economic crisis, which sees millions of Britons suffering from inflation, the Conservative Party restarts an internal election to find a new leader – the fifth in six years – while the previous one took place this summer. . , after the resignation of Boris Johnson, amid scandals in Downing Street and in the majority.
Among the candidates mentioned to succeed her, there are notably several ministers, but also Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister whom she replaced in September.
Source: BFM TV
