As the Conservative Party rushes to define the rules for the succession of Liz Truss as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Labour, in opposition, is increasing pressure for an early election.
Under normal circumstances, Britons would return to the polls between the end of 2024 and the beginning of 2025. The vote could strip the Conservatives of a majority in Parliament and give the Labor Party a chance to form a new government – and therefore opponents of some sort. way they were encouraged by the crisis of the last few months in the dominant acronym.
Shortly after Truss’s resignation, after just 44 days in office, his party has already laid the groundwork for the next steps. Graham Brady, leader of the parliamentary group responsible for organizing the internal dispute to elect a new Conservative leader, said that the new head of the party could be revealed until next Friday (28).
The rules, however, are still unclear, and there is speculation that changes to the voting process could be announced.
When the dispute involved the succession of Boris Johnson, who left office in July, 11 names from the Conservative Party applied for the position. After a series of rites and internal votes, the dispute was reduced to a direct confrontation between Truss and the then finance minister, Rishi Sunak.
According to a poll by the YouGov institute released last Tuesday (18), carried out among members of the Conservative Party, the politician at the top of the preferences to replace Truss is Boris himself, with 32%, who would return to office just three months after his own resignation. In second place, Sunak appears, with 23%.
Labor, however, describes the situation as unsustainable and advocates an early general election. “The Conservatives cannot respond to their messes by simply snapping their fingers and dragging people to the top without the consent of the British people. They have no mandate to put the country through yet another experiment,” said opposition leader Keir Starmer.
Labour, who last ruled the UK between 2007 and 2010 with Gordon Brown as prime minister, leads the latest polls. In a survey carried out between October 11 and 12, the opposition came in first, with 51%, while the Conservatives were appointed by 23%.
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