British Prime Minister Liz Truss said on Wednesday that will fight to stay in officedespite pressure from within and outside his party to leave Downing Street and the turbulence going through your government.
In a new blow to the authority of the conservative head of the Executive, the hitherto Minister of the Interior, Suella Bravermanhas resigned after making the “mistake” of sharing confidential information through his personal phone.
Braverman, the former state attorney general, was replaced by Grant Shapps, one of the ringleaders of the internal revolt of the “tories” against the tax cut that Truss was forced to withdraw.
British Secretary of State for the Home Department Grant Shapps walks outside 10 Downing Street.
This is the second key ministry to fall into the hands of the prime minister’s internal rivals in five days after Jeremy Huntwhich along with Shapps backed Truss’s opponent in the Conservative primaries, Rishi Sunak, took over Economy on Friday.
British media have claimed that it was Hunt who gave the order to fire Braverman, which has fueled the perception that the head of Economy has monopolized a large part of the power in the Government, to the detriment of the prime minister. Asked about this point, a Downing Street deputy spokeswoman assured that Truss maintains authority in her cabinet.
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“The prime minister is the prime minister and works closely with the economy minister to develop the medium-term fiscal plan that they will present on October 31,” the spokeswoman said at a press conference with foreign media.
They stay at the same time the speculations about the possibility of Conservative MPs forcing Truss out, which has plummeted in the polls up to 30 points percentage below Labor leader Keir Starmer.
The rules of the party, however, prevent convening a motion of internal censure against the leader during his first year in office, and Truss took office just a month and a half ago. To change that rule, a large majority of Tory MPs would have to back the change.
Until now, only six of the 357 Conservative MPs have publicly called for Truss to resign, the last of them William Wragwho pointed out before the House of Commons that he feels “ashamed for not being able to look voters in the face” after the economic chaos unleashed by the government’s measures.
Truss’s popularity has plummeted in the polls to 30 points below Labor leader Keir Starmer.
During the control session of the Executive on Wednesday in Parliament, the leader of the opposition questioned Truss and blamed him for appearing before the chamber to be held accountable if she “not in charge” of the government.
“Last week, the prime minister showed up here and promised toEU Under no circumstances would there be a reduction in expenses. This week, the economy minister announced a new wave of cuts. What’s the point of a prime minister who can’t keep her promises for a week?” Starmer argued.
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Amid cries of “resignation” from the opposition caucus, Truss called for “sorry” for the “mistakes” he has made during the month and a half that he has led the Government. “The right thing to do in the circumstances is to make changes, as I have, and get on with the job to benefit British people,” he said.
Vote on ‘fracking’
Likewise, this Wednesday there was also a vote on the frackingwhich unleashed chaos among the ranks Tories. The British Prime Minister’s government won a controversial vote in the House of Commons on the hydraulic hydrofracturing in which they lived scenes chaotic and led to accusations of coercion to prevent a rebellion among conservatives.
The “Tories” prevailed by a wide margin of 96 votes (326 against 230) and rejected an amendment proposed by the Labor opposition to prevent the Government from allowing the fracking in the United Kingdom.
Although no conservative deputy voted against his own Executive, 40 were absent from the chamber, including the prime minister, and the scenes that were experienced in the corridors of Parliament during the vote reflected the turbulence that the Truss government is going through.
An MP from the Labor opposition, Chris bryantblew up the controversy by assuring that two ministers, Jacob Rees Moggowner of Companies, and therese Coffeyfrom Health, pressured their co-religionists not to access the corridor to vote against the Government.
The also conservative Charles Walker He called the scenes that took place in Parliament “inexcusable”.
“This is an absolute disgrace. Having been a deputy for over 17 years, never having been a minister and having been loyal most of the time, I think this is a disaster and a disgrace,” he said.
Rees-Mogg, for his part, stated that he saw “no harassment” of Conservative MPs. “I only saw that there were discussions about the vote that was taking place, this is what normally happens,” he said.
