London: British Prime Minister Liz Truss is facing an open rebellion against her leadership as a growing number of Conservative Party MPs have called for her to resign amid growing chaos at the heart of the UK government, with all eyes now on the former chancellor. Rishi is parachute on Sunak. to take charge. Sir Graham Brady, the most senior Tory backbencher as chairman of the 1922 committee, met him for an unscheduled meeting in Downing Street on Thursday, as at least 13 Tory MPs openly called for the truce to go.
Under the current rules, Truss technically cannot face a leadership challenge for at least 12 months, but there are growing murmurs of rapid rule changes or an ultimatum that he no longer has the support of his allies. Is.
Sunak, who lost last month in the race for leadership to the now-failed tax-cutting agenda of the Truss, is seen as a prime contender to step into the position. But the picture remains extremely uncertain due to deep infighting within the Tory ranks. Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s loyalists believe the party should bring him back, given his solid electoral mandate from the 2019 general election. However, the truss’s current troubles are itself a reminder of how Johnson was ousted and forced to resign in early July amid an open rebellion by a growing number of his lawmakers and ministers.
The latest turmoil comes a day after Suella Braverman’s explosive exit from cabinet acknowledged a breach of the ministerial code by discussing government policy in private emails and scathing attacks on her boss.
“Not only have we broken key promises we made to our voters, but I have serious concerns about this government’s commitment to honoring manifesto commitments, such as reducing overall migration numbers and stopping illegal migration, especially Stopping dangerously dangerous small boats,” reads. Resignation letter of former home secretary of Indian origin.
Experts believe his exit was a relatively low-level ministerial breach, but reflects more serious differences between Braverman and Truss over the country’s immigration policy.
The prime minister attempted to move on from the latest crisis by swiftly appointing Grant Shapps as the new home secretary. But just days after sacking Quasi Quarteng as chancellor and bringing in Jeremy Hunt, who has reversed all of his economic agenda, the latest cabinet turmoil accelerated the 10 Downing Street exit of the truce broadened. expected to come.
To make matters worse, the Speaker of the House of Commons has ordered an investigation into reports of some Tory lawmakers being bullied and assaulted to vote with the government on an opposition motion Wednesday night.
Confusion arose after Labor voted on whether lawmakers should have their say on the government’s plan to drill for gas. Conservative lawmakers were initially told that the vote would be treated as a test of loyalty to the government, a so-called confidence motion, and could face disciplinary action from the parliamentary party if they did not oppose the opposition Labor motion. Is. Chaotic scenes in the voting lobby of the Commons were caught on camera as the whip tried to get Tory lawmakers to oppose the Labor motion. There were reports of further resignations from Truss’s top team, which were later withdrawn.
The Labor leader, Sir Keir Starmer, has described his call for a general election as the only way out of “pathetic discord” within the governing party.
“All the failures of the last 12 years have now come to a boil,” he told an event in Brighton, referring to the tenure of the Tory-led government.