The former British secretary is approaching the tax proposals of his rival, a favorite of the Conservative militancy, who will receive the keys this week to vote for Boris Johnson’s successor
The final stage of the electoral process to appoint a successor to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson begins this week with Conservative Party members receiving the keys to give them access to electronic voting. Current Secretary of State Liz Truss remains the clear favorite to become the next head of government.
It is estimated that there are some 160,000 members of the Conservative Party, which does not publish the exact figure, despite the fact that this part of the population (about 0.3% of the electoral roll) plays a very important role in the governance of the country. Experts think the militant ‘tories’ will vote in the coming days, without waiting for the debate calendar to close.
If the members of the party have already determined their vote, everything indicates that Truss will be the chosen one. His rival, former finance minister Rishi Sunak, has revived his campaign by promising a four-point cut in the lowest income tax rate – from 21% to 20% in 2024 and from 20% to 17% in the coming year. nine years.
Sunak has informed the BBC that this promise is not opportunistic, but in line with his plans. In the past week, he had to invoke caution and morality to criticize Truss, because the current context of high inflation is not the right one to cut some 30,000 million in taxes, as he promises, or increase the debt so that future generations pay. .
Sunak seems to have lost the argument. Acting Finance Minister Nadhim Zahawi has made public his support for Truss, comparing his optimism to Sunak’s ‘fatalism’. Other current and former cabinet members have joined. Culture Minister Nadine Dorris, who accuses Sunak of committing “a coup”, has published an image of Sunak stabbing Johnson, in the style of Brutus and Julius Caesar.
Sunak’s campaign changes direction every day. If today is the imitation of Truss in cutting taxes, last Saturday was a commitment to fight the current form of political correctness, or “awakened” culture, against racism, sex or imperialism. The candidate promised to tackle “left-wing agitators” to protect “British liberties”.
Source: La Verdad
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