Conservative Party members will receive the keys this week to start the electronic vote on their new leader
Liz Truss, favorite to occupy Britain’s head of government in early September, has pledged to members of her party to “regain full control of the fishing coast” by 2027 and also be “the tough guy in the European Union” . » in the negotiations on border problems in Northern Ireland after ‘Brexit’.
Truss reminded her party militants in the city of Exeter, in southwestern England, that she was the one who drafted the bill, considered illegal, that will repeal parts of the withdrawal agreement with the EU and ease tension from London. with Brussels this autumn. Truss has committed to removing all remaining Community regulations in national law by the end of 2023.
The final stage of the election process to name a successor to Prime Minister Boris Johnson begins this week, with Conservative Party members receiving the keys to give them access to electronic voting. Truss is 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 segment of the population, about 0.3% of the electoral roll, plays such an 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, restarted his campaign, promising a four-point cut in the lowest income tax rate – from 21% to 20% by 2024 and from 20% to 17% from 2024 to 2029.
Sunak says that promise is consistent with his opposition to the Truss cuts. It’s a matter of moments for him. Last week, he invoked prudence and morality to criticize Truss, saying that the current high inflation context is not enough to cut some 30,000 million in taxes as she promises; also increase the national debt so that future generations will pay it, Sunak said.
At Monday night’s meeting in Exeter, party members cheered Truss’ pledge to reverse Sunak’s tax hikes. He was also asked where the funds come from. Truss accuses him of being the only minister to raise taxes and accuses him of following “an outdated orthodoxy” of the Treasury regarding budget balances and investments. Sunak now argues that low corporate taxes over the past two decades have failed to boost investment and competitiveness.
Sunak seems to be lost. Acting Finance Minister Nadhim Zahawi has made public his support for Truss and praised his optimism about Sunak’s ‘fatalism’. Other members of the current and previous cabinet have joined the support list for the favourite. Culture Minister Nadine Dorris, who accuses Sunak of committing a coup against Boris Johnson, has posted an image of Sunak beating the former prime minister in Brutus-style in Julius Caesar’s Rome.
Sunak’s campaign changes direction every day to avoid defeat. If this Monday is Truss’ rivalry in cutting taxes, last Saturday was a commitment to struggle with political correctness, or “wake up” culture, over racism, gender or colonialism. The candidate promised to tackle “left-wing agitators” to protect “British liberties”.
The last poll of Conservative Party members published ten days ago gave Truss a 62% advantage over 38%. On Thursday they debate again on a large-scale channel, Sky Television, but the campaign now focuses on questions from party members to the two contenders in British locations. The sessions are broadcast on the curator portal on the internet.
A reassuring poll for those concerned about Johnson and his supporters’ response to the rebellion against his ongoing lies and scandals has been published by a ‘tory’ media Conservative Home. Party members asked whether Johnson should be included in the vote, with only a quarter saying yes. In the event that Johnson was among the eligible candidates, 35% of the militants would vote for him as leader and prime minister.
Source: La Verdad
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