Due to Liz Truss’ failure to deliver on her economic campaign pledges in just 45 days as prime minister, she has lost support and can no longer lead the government. Ironically, she is not the only Prime Minister to have failed to serve out her full term in the past ten years.
Indian Express
Truss is the fourth leader since the Brexit vote in 2016, and each time, a leader’s popularity declined due to the crisis that began in 2017. But among them, Truss’ stay is the shortest. All eyes are now focused on the incoming prime minister.
The next elections won’t take place until January 2025, as everyone is aware, and the next prime minister will come from the Conservative Party. Individuals are now wondering why only a small group of people decide who will lead the country, and conservationists are sceptical about the party’s future because no conservationist was able to serve out their term following BREXIT. Many questions and doubts need to be cleared out.
Before comprehending what is happening in the UK right now, one needs comprehend a few fundamentals:
How the UK elects its Prime Minister:
Every five years, there are elections in the UK where voters choose the 650 candidates who will represent their local constituencies. And the party nominating their candidate for prime minister is the one with the majority of seats. in the UK. The Conservative Party and the Labour Party are the two biggest parties. And the Prime Minister has come from one of these parties since the 1920s.
Each party has a different procedure for selecting their official candidate. Currently, the Conservative Party controls the government of the United Kingdom. The Conservative Party chooses their nominee when enough parliamentarians support a particular candidate for that position.
The two contenders for prime minister are then decided by the votes of all the MPs. Finally, the party’s regular members choose between the last two candidates by casting ballots. There is no need for a regular member’s vote, though, if all the MPs support the same candidate.
Despite Liz Truss’ departure, there won’t be a new prime minister election until 2025. Given that the Conservative Party won the election, the candidate will come from that party, all of the MPs will support that candidate, and the majority of the electorate won’t cast a ballot.
BREXIT:
It denotes Britain’s withdrawal from the EU. The Treaty of Lisbon created the European Union, a political and economic bloc of 27 nations, in 1992. Since being a member of the EU required Britain to make political and economic decisions in accordance with what the majority of EU members agreed upon, Britain left the EU in order to become a more independent country. When the refugee, immigration, and border crises first surfaced and Britain’s position on these matters diverged from that of other EU members, the conversation began.
And in 2016, Britain left the EU by a majority of 52%. even though it ended formally in January 2020. The British economy was severely impacted, both immediately and over time. The border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland is particularly affected because it is now the UK-EU border.
Four prime ministers have resigned since Brexit. David Cameroon was defeated by a wide margin in the BREXIT vote. Due to slack economic strategy and making concessions to the EU, Theresa May arrived and left in 2019 in just three years. Boris Johnson made an exception later on and quit because of his behaviour and his involvement in various scandals.
LIZ TRUSS:
In September 2022, Liz Truss defeated Rishi Sunak with the help of her party members rather than by popular vote. She came with a number of promises, including universal tax cuts without much consideration for how to pay for the deficit, which led to double-digit inflation throughout the nation. Truss also pledged to cut back on immigration, but she actually took a softer stance because she believed that new immigrants would boost Britain’s economy. Other than that, Rishi Sanuk was supported by newly appointed chancellor Jeremy Hunt, who referred to Truss’s programme as a farce.
Since no Prime Minister has been able to finish their term since 2016, the Conservatives are now feeling uneasy about their ability to get the country back on track.
NOW:
Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson have reentered the race for prime minister after Truss departed. Additionally, they both vowed to revive the Conservative Party and British economy. It’s time to wait and see who will be chosen because 100 MPs must support the candidate, and as of right now, Sunak has 144 MPs on his side while Boris Johnson has 56.
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