Almost two months after Johnson’s resignation, the Tory prime ministerial race is coming to an end. Liz Truss prevailed by a margin over her opponent Rishi Sunak.
Countdown to the new British Prime Minister
Just under 24 hours left until the British people find out their next Prime Minister and new leader of the Conservative party (Tories). There are two possibilities: Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak, Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss. Energy crisis, ever-increasing cost of living, war in Ukraine are just some of the difficult issues that the next British Prime Minister will have to solve. That’s why Johnson’s “misrepresentations”, which led to his resignation, look like last year’s sour grapes.
The polls, from the start when the two candidates were alone, showed Liz Truss as the winner as she appears to have a more traditional profile as a Conservative MP, with her plans for low taxes and a stronger Britain. But the polls of over 160,000 Conservative party members closed on Friday and now either Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak must convince the entire British people.
In this climate, it seems that they are fighting until the last moment. Today both Conservative candidates gave a 15-minute interview to BBC One where the discussion focused, predictably, on the energy crisis.
Tras: Within a week the solution to the energy “challenge”
Liz Truss, the former foreign minister, appeared more comfortable but without clear answers about her next steps in the prime minister’s chair. For example, he did not even want to mention the word “crisis” in Britain, choosing to speak only of “challenges”. Of course, he pledged with certainty that “if I am elected as prime minister, within a week there will be an announcement with a detailed plan on how we will deal with the problem of energy bills as well as long-term energy production in order to put the country in the right direction ahead of winter.”
The same position as the one he wrote in today’s Sunday Telegraph, adding that he aspires to simultaneously achieve growth and an increase in tax revenues by reducing taxes on businesses. Rishi Sunak, although he was the chosen one in the preferences of the Conservative MPs, at the end of this two-month race he appears more moderate. In his own interview today, he made it clear that “I cannot solve the problem of energy bills for everyone”, but he will give priority to the economically weaker social groups, which, as he emphasized, he also did during his term as Minister of Finance during the difficult period of the pandemic .
Johnson’s message for unity
In his interview, his future in the party could not be left out as Liz Truss does not seem to want to have him in her close group, while some still consider him to be the main cause of Johnson’s downfall. He cheerfully said that “above all I am and will remain a Tory MP”.
And while it is surprising that today’s British headlines are not flooded with the two candidates, the resigned Boris Johnson, who will officially leave Number 10 tomorrow, sent a message of unity via the Sunday Express. He pleaded with the Conservative party to “stop fighting and support the new leader, whoever he is, fully”.
After all, everyone agrees that the biggest problem for the party at the moment is its division and if it is not overcome immediately, the next elections in 2025 will already seem lost.
Source: News Beast
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