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When disagreement over the leadership of the Conservative Party United kingdom She started, a few members of the government supported Secretary of State Liz Truss, but now there is a feeling that she will become the next prime minister United kingdom.
“You only lose if you want to” is the common phrase of party members, who will vote in the coming weeks to name the new Conservative Party leader and successor to Boris Johnson.
The race for the UK prime ministership is between Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss
For many members, Truss’ strength is less about her than her rival, former Finance Minister Rishi Sunak, who, according to many Conservatives, could not receive the keys to 10 Downing Street (the official residence and prime minister’s office) after Johnson was “stabbed”.
After Johnson was forced to announce his resignation on July 7 amid waves of scandal, party lawmakers narrowed the race to 11 candidates for Truss and Sunak – and it is now up to all party members to decide, and the outcome. The fifth of September.
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss during the election campaign for UK Prime Minister (Image: REUTERS/Toby Melville)
as such United kingdom Facing a potential recession and spiraling inflation, the majority of the party wants its next leader to stabilize, fed up with the chaos caused by the Johnson administration and bitter disagreement over leadership.
Polls among members put Truss, 47, well ahead of Sunak, 42. Last week Truss led Sunak by 24 points, according to YouGov, although it trailed Sunak among MPs votes. But an unmotivated support base at the party can leave it vulnerable if you can’t stabilize the ship quickly.
The controversy between the candidates for prime minister in the United Kingdom has stopped
“Obviously I’d want Liz Truss if it was one of the two,” said Paul Donaghy, a member of the Conservative Council of Southern Washington in Sunderland, a town in northern England that became synonymous with Brexit when it was the first region to veer to the side. The results of the 2016 referendum on European Union membership.
“She was one of the only people who didn’t put the knife to Boris and I think that’s true of a lot of people,” said Donaghy, who initially backed another candidate.
Donaghy’s view echoes that of many party members, some of whom joined the party because of Johnson and are suspicious of Sunak, whose resignation on 5 July as finance minister helped spark a wider rebellion against the prime minister by Tory MPs.
Truss and Sunak traded barbs especially over the timing of the final tax cuts, with Sunak calling Truss’ plans for the immediate cuts “comfortable fairy tales,” though he made an adjustment this week, providing relief from higher bills.
Truss, in turn, called Sunak, a former party member and former Goldman Sachs banker, a “socialist” whose plans would lead to United kingdom to stagnation.
