Truss in trouble amid Tory meltdown
There could well be a new UK PM by the new year. Yet, remarkable as recent weeks have been, they fit a wider pattern of underlying UK political flux since at least the Brexit referendum in 2016.
THE English phrase “it never rains but it pours”, which is believed to date back to the 18th century, is a compelling description of UK politics in 2022 with Prime Minister Liz Truss now in very serious political peril.
While the phrase may have originated with references to the weather, it now often refers to the fact that when one negative development happens to someone or something, several bad things can soon follow. This is certainly the feeling of many, if not most, exasperated Conservative MPs in Westminster.
A growing number have reached the conclusion that Truss needs to be replaced before the next general election, potentially before Christmas, although most are keeping their counsel private for now. One of the exceptions to this is former minister Crispin Blunt MP, who said on Sunday (Oct 16) that “the game is up (for her) and it’s now a question as to how the succession is managed... Exactly how it is done and exactly under what mechanism (is unclear)... but it will happen”.
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