Only three candidates will be able to choose to be the new Conservative leader, who will be appointed on October 28
The successor to Liz Truss as leader of the British Conservative Party will be proclaimed on October 28, according to Graham Brady, chairman of the 1922 Committee, as a ‘Tory’ group bringing together 18 deputies to determine the succession processes of Conservative leaders.
On this occasion, and contrary to what happened after Boris Johnson’s resignation, the committee decided that the trial will be completed within a week. To speed it up, only three candidates can be proposed who must have the support of at least 100 Conservative deputies (there are 357).
Applications must be received no later than 2:00 p.m. (UK time) Monday. Then, and in the event that more than one candidate is proposed, an electronic ballot will begin which will end on the 28th at the latest.
“We should have a new leader for the tax return due on October 31,” Brady explained to the media, shortly after Truss appeared to confirm he was unable to complete the mandate he received a month and a half ago. their own peers.
Now the race for the succession opens, on which Boris Johnson will present himself. But there are other candidates besides the former prime minister. Among them, the favorite is Rishi Sunak, the exact rival who defeated the ‘Prime Minister’ in the final round of the primary ‘Tories’ in September. The former finance minister was the deputies’ preferred candidate.
The 42-year-old former banker billionaire is a reassuring figure who champions fiscal orthodoxy. He predicted that unfunded tax cuts would only exacerbate inflation, to its highest level in decades, and undermine market confidence. So it has been.
However, he has an important argument against him: many MPs loyal to Boris Johnson see him as the traitor whose resignation in July hastened the demise of the charismatic and controversial prime minister.
Penyy Mordaunt, the 49-year-old charismatic former defense minister, made a statement Monday when she appeared in parliament to replace Truss to respond to the opposition, confidently defending the shift in the government’s economic policy.
Finally there is Suella Braverman. She was also a candidate for Downing Street against Truss. A 42-year-old ultra-conservative woman, she had been appointed Secretary of the Interior by Truss, with particular responsibility for the issue of illegal immigration. He resigned on Wednesday evening, explaining that he had made the mistake of using his personal email address to send official documents.
Source: La Verdad
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