Is incumbent Liz Truss about to leave?
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London Speculations about an imminent resignation of British Prime Minister Liz Truss have continued to gain momentum. As confirmed by the Prime Minister’s office at 10 Downing Street, the Conservative politician met Thursday lunchtime with Graham Brady, Chair of the Conservative Group’s powerful 1922 Committee. The body is responsible for the election and deselection of party leaders.
If Brady feels the Prime Minister is no longer trusted by her group, she would have to resign. According to the government, the meeting came about at the request of Truss. However, Truss and Brady have already exchanged ideas in the past few days. Nothing is known about the exact background of today’s meeting.
Truss, meanwhile, has threatened opponents from her Conservative party’s parliamentary group with disciplinary action. The government said on Thursday the group leadership would speak to Tory MPs who did not support the government in Wednesday’s vote. Those who did not have a reasonable excuse for doing so would face appropriate disciplinary action.
In this way, Truss wants to bring calm back to her group after chaotic scenes and scuffles broke out among MPs in a vote on fracking on Wednesday, in which it was not clear whether it was also a vote of confidence. Despite the dissenters, the government won the vote.
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Transport Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan told the BBC she was shocked by reports that Tory MPs had been harassed to force them to vote with the government. But Truss has the confidence of the cabinet.
A vote of no confidence is imminent later this week
When asked if Truss would lead the Conservatives in the next general election, she told Times Radio: “I think that’s still the case at the moment.” On Wednesday, Interior Secretary Suella Braverman announced her resignation, also criticizing Truss practiced.
According to media reports, Truss may face a no-confidence vote from her faction later this week. She had only succeeded Boris Johnson about six weeks ago, who had resigned after several scandals and scandals under pressure from his own party.
The Prime Minister was combative in Parliament, but is under great pressure.
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But Truss has been fighting for her political survival in office since mid-September after she triggered a fiasco on the financial markets with her tax cut plans and felt compelled to turn around. Dissatisfaction with and resistance to her grew in her party. According to polls, the Conservatives are about 30 percentage points behind the opposition Labor Party. At the research institute YouGov, Truss is the most unpopular head of government since the surveys began.
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