Conservative leadership candidates celebrate final debate, knowing they are less popular than the ousted, both in the party and among the electorate
The polls say that, while Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak have monopolized political activity for a month and debated what they would do if they were heads of government, their party’s popularity has plummeted among voters, who would now give Labor a victory with a 10% advantage. The rest is news of grotesque price increases, strikes or droughts.
The move being promoted by a billionaire friend of Boris Johnson’s to be included at the last minute in a new election to become party leader is said to be on the cusp of reaching the 10,000 signatures of associate members needed to create a to initiate reform of the rules. The polls on this aspect of conservative news are devastating for Truss and Sunak.
If the presumed 160,000 Conservative Party members (which does not publish the data) had the option of choosing between Johnson, Sunak and Truss, 63% of members would vote for the first and 22% for the favorite to replace him. Polls also say that half of Conservative voters want Johnson to stay, 22% prefer Sunak as prime minister and 18% prefer the most likely choice.
“He’s a force of nature to do things,” said interim Transport Minister Gran Shapps, who said in a recent interview with The Times that the parliamentary faction’s overthrow of Johnson was “a mistake”. The latest data on Johnson’s public approval is August 7, and they were overwhelmingly against him; but an analysis of floating voters by ‘The Times’ has shown that the majority prefers him over the two candidates.
Before taking the stage Wednesday night for their final debate — the twelfth in the series — Truss and Sunak knew their audiences liked them much less than Johnson. In any case, they could count on the unlikely that a court will grant the judicial review requested by Tortoise magazine of the possible illegality of their election as head of government. It claims that the procedure hides data about voters from the population, who could be foreigners, for example.
Sunak’s effort was remarkable. He has visited more cities than Truss and has spoken to more party members. He ignored calls urging him to pull out of the campaign, given Truss’ advantage in the polls, and asking him to avoid prolonging debates in which the divisions were bitter in some cases. He has not, while endured allegations of disloyalty to Johnson and the party.
To show his good behaviour, the former Chancellor of the Exchequer has promised that if he loses the election and remains a non-ministerial MP, he will vote in favor of Truss’ planned tax cuts; which, as Sunak has argued in the debates, would exacerbate the already delicate situation of the country’s economy.
The procedure will be completed on Monday with the announcement of the results. Truss of Sunak will have to travel to Balmoral, Queen Elizabeth II’s summer residence, to be tasked with forming a government. The mobility issues that the monarch has faced for months have prevented her from performing this ritual for the first time in her reign at Buckingham Palace, her official residence.
Source: La Verdad
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