The new prime minister must not only restore public trust and confidence, he or she will have to unify a Conservative parliamentary party which now exists in a state of open internecine war, writes TomRTweets. Who might that leader be?
British Prime Minister Liz Truss has resigned after a record-short 45 days in office. Truss's error was twofold: She misread parliamentary backbench and financial market support for her tax cut agenda, and she then adopted a pressure strategy as her parliamentary authority waned. In the end, it sparked a fatal revolt from Truss's own Conservative Party parliamentarians.
Yet, with two successive Conservative prime ministers now having fallen to scandal this year , and opinion polls showing the Labour Party opposition with a 20-30 point polling lead, whoever replaces Truss faces an extraordinary challenge. The new prime minister must not only restore public trust and confidence. He or she will have to unify a Conservative parliamentary party that now exists in a state of open internecine war.
Next, there's the runner-up to Truss, Rishi Sunak. A former chancellor who ran his campaign on a pledge for fiscal caution, Sunak may now be seen as a safe bet to restore confidence with the financial markets and stability within the party. The risk is that he will be seen by many Conservative Party members as a candidate of the elite.
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