During an address to union barons today, Keir Starmer twisted the knife against the beleaguered Liz Truss.
In his address to the TUC conference in Brighton, the Labour leader reiterated his call for an urgent general election, despite the Conservatives’ 36-point polling deficit.
He accused the government of ‘pathetic squabbles’ and stressed that the political options were stark.
And in a clear signal to unions, Sir Keir named “wealth distribution” as a dividing line with the Prime Minister.
Sir Keir stated, “The Prime Minister is absolutely out of touch with the reality of the British economy.”
She has not reversed her position on the distribution of wealth in the United Kingdom.
With the Conservatives trailing by up to 36 points in the polls, the Labour leader reiterated his call for a quick general election when addressing the TUC congress in Brighton.
Liz Truss (pictured) is engaged in an increasingly desperate fight for survival after 24 hours of carnage that saw the Home Secretary resign, confusion over whether the Chief Whip followed her out the door, and MPs struggling in Commons voting lobbies.
“Congress, forget about lines on a graph,” he continued. If thus many individuals are left behind, a nation will not develop equitably.
You cannot succeed with low salaries, insecure jobs, or poor work, and you cannot succeed without a contemporary industrial strategy.
This is not a discussion. The evidence indicates’
Sir Keir stated, “Britain deserves better, Britain can no longer afford the Conservatives’ turmoil, and we need a general election immediately…
Never again can Britain take seriously their claim to be an aspirational or fiscally responsible party.
Even by their standards, last night’s parliamentary proceedings reached a new chaotic low.
After 24 hours of carnage that saw the Home Secretary resign, uncertainty as to whether the Chief Whip followed her out the door, and MPs struggling in Commons voting lobbies, Ms. Truss is engaged in an increasingly desperate bid for life today.
The Prime Minister has been informed that she has barely 12 hours to rescue herself, as a number of hitherto loyal MPs have joined calls for her resignation. Even Cabinet ministers who support the scenario have conceded that it is “terminal.”
This morning, Transport Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan was dispatched to defend the Prime Minister, but she would only declare that “currently” she believes Ms. Truss will lead the Conservatives into the next election.
Graham Brady, chairman of the 1922 Committee, is scheduled to meet with other officials to discuss the future of Ms. Truss as the outcry intensifies.
Yesterday, yet another episode of insanity in Westminster resulted in reports of tears and tantrums in the House of Commons, with Ms. Truss reportedly engaged in a shouting fight with her own enforcers.
Deputy Prime Minister Therese Coffey was accused of’manhandling’ Conservative MPs to vote against a Labour resolution that may have scuttled the government’s intentions to resume fracking; she disputes this.
The prime minister attempted to force the issue by stating that it was a vote of confidence, which would have resulted in the collapse of the government. At the conclusion of the debate, however, a minister claimed that it was not a vote of confidence, infuriating Chief Whip Wendy Morton and her deputy Craig Whittaker.
Other whips informed the MPs that they had quit, but after three hours of silence and intense negotiations behind the scenes, Downing Street confirmed that they would remain in their positions. A statement at 1:33 a.m. clarified that the vote had been a vote of confidence and warned that approximately 30 lawmakers who abstained will be penalized.
However, in an unexpected turn of events this morning, Ms. Trevelyan stated that the vote was not a vote of confidence.
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