La Repubblica said the UK is “more unstable than Italy” and said Brexit was part of the origins of “the Truss disaster”.Īcross in Spain, a piece in El Pais refers to the replacement of Kwasi Kwarteng with Jeremy Hunt as “From Mr.

Italian newspaper Corriere Della Serra called events on Friday a “political earthquake” and says that the government’s credibility and economic competence is now in question. Journalist Jamie Maxwell writes: “beneath the veneer of national consensus after the death of a monarch, Britain’s fissures are deepening.” Meanwhile in a long-read published in English looking at the state of the country, the monthly French newspaper Le Monde Diplomatique said that Britain is “a country splitting apart”. It points out to readers across the English channel that to find another period where the government went through so many chancellors, you have to look back to 1834. Premier Truss feuert Minister: UK-Regierungskrise: Irrsinn auf der Insel - ZDFheute October 14, 2022įrench newspaper Le Monde has said Liz Truss is “adrift” after sacking Kwasi Kwarteng and appointing Jeremy Hunt. “The last thing we need is another internal party debate.” “I think if we start with gay abandon, throwing another prime minister to the wolves, we’re going to be faced with more delay, more debate, more instability, exactly the opposite of what I think we all need as we go into this winter. Prime ministers haven’t necessarily suffered the same fate. Sir Robert was openly laughed at by the audience, as he told the programme: “I am not going to deny it is a difficult situation, I am not going to deny it at all.”Īsked why Kwasi Kwarteng had to go, but not Truss, he said: “We’ve seen before with previous governments where a chancellor has been particularly identified with a policy, which hasn’t worked out, the history is littered with a number of examples where chancellors have moved on. The Welsh secretary, Sir Robert Buckland has defended Liz Truss, telling his party that it should not throw another leader “to the wolves” and denied her position was untenable.Īppearing on BBC Radio 4’s Any Questions programme in Gloucester, he said: “This has been a very difficult political week, I’m not going to shy away from that, but do I think that means her position is untenable? No, I do not.” Until then, I leave you with our story that Truss’ premiership is “hanging by a thread” after a chaotic Friday. He will get the round underway with an interview on LBC at 7am. Tomorrow morning the new chancellor Jeremy Hunt will take to the airwaves, his first broadcast interviews since his appointment. The Daily Mail, one of the staunchest supporters of the Conservative party among the national newspapers has published a highly critical front page for its Saturday edition, asking “how much more can she (and the rest of us) take?” Another poll found support for a general election, including among Conservative voters. There are rumours that there has been a “substantial number” of letters sent in to the committee calling for a vote of no confidence, Sky News has reported, despite Truss being immune for a year after her election.įormer chancellor Philip Hammond has said that the Conservative party under Liz Truss have “thrown away” reputation for “fiscal discipline and competence”.Ī poll by Savanta/ComRes has found seven in 10 voters say Truss cannot win back their trust. There are discussions between senior members of the 1922 Committee of Conservative party backbenchers set to take place this weekend, about Truss’ leadership. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has called for a general election as the government “is at the end of the road”. Truss then refused to apologise during a press conference. Truss announced Jeremy Hunt, former health secretary who has twice stood for the party’s leadership as Kwarteng’s replacement.Ĭorporation tax will now be raised to 25%, a cut to 19% had been pencilled in. Kwarteng is said to think that his sacking will only buy Truss “a few weeks” in the job, according to reports in the Times. Liz Truss sacked Kwasi Kwarteng, a key ideological ally in the Conservative party, making him the second-shortest serving chancellor in modern history. Truss then gave a press conference which has not gone down well with Conservative MPs. Here’s a roundup of today’s news, as Liz Truss sacked Kwasi Kwarteng after he returned from an IMF summit in the US, and appointed Jeremy Hunt in his place.

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