The resignation of British Prime Minister Liz Truss is making headlines across the country. The one who announced on Thursday to leave her position faces a “bitter end”, title for example The Guardian.
the financial times meanwhile, he underlines the established record: “Truss resigns after 44 days.”
Arrival at 10 Downing Street september 6, thus becomes the most ephemeral tenant in history. The record was previously held by George Canning, who had exercised the function in 1827. He came to office on April 10, died just five months later, on August 8.
A return of Boris Johnson?
Other newspapers are already talking about the return of Boris Johnson. He had announced his resignation as prime minister in July following a series of scandals, including Downing Street parties in breach of anti-Covid restrictions. He had performed over the summer before leaving his place to Liz Truss.
various media, such as The times Where The daily telegraph they say he is considering running again. “Boris Johnson tells the Tories: I can save the party from electoral annihilation,” writes for example the daily telegraph on the first page.
“He couldn’t… Could he? Boris, will he go back to number 10?” [Downing Street]?”, also asks the conservative tabloid daily express. According to the latter, the “big question” is whether Boris Johnson will be able to muster the patronage of enough MPs to run.
the daily mail he conjures up another name in front of Boris’s to replace Liz Truss. This is Rishi Sunak, former finance minister defeated this year by the former prime minister during the final phase of the process of appointing the leader of the conservative party. For the newspaper, the duel will be between Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson.
In order for a new Prime Minister to be appointed on Friday, October 28, the Conservative Party, which has been in power for twelve years, has launched an accelerated process.
Contenders must have the backing of at least 100 Conservative MPs before 2pm on Monday (1pm GMT). A threshold that thus limits the number of candidates to a maximum of three, with the party having 357 deputies in the House of Commons. MPs will then have to agree on two names that the party’s 170,000 members will have to decide by an online vote before October 28, or on the name of a single person who would then immediately enter Downing Street.
General Election Application
The opposition and some media also call for the organization of general elections. The last one, in 2019, had given a new victory to the conservative party, led by Boris Johnson. Due to this victory, the choice of a new Prime Minister still falls to the Conservative Party.
But for some newspapers, after the debacles of recent months, the party no longer has the necessary legitimacy to fulfill this task. “General elections now”, headline the tabloids the daily mirror Y The daily record (Scotland). “Angry voters demanded an immediate general election so the public could have a say in who is in charge,” she said in an article. He also published a petition calling for these elections to be held.
On a lighter note, the tabloid the daily star placed in one of their famous lettuces. The newspaper had placed a salad next to a portrait of Liz Truss and transmit the live image over the Internet for seven days, with the title: “Can Liz Truss survive a lettuce?”.
After projecting the photo of the lettuce on the facade of the British Parliament on Thursday, the daily star so he published a “historic souvenir edition” of his diary.
Source: BFM TV
