Leading members of the British Conservative Party plan to replace Liz Truss, according to media

MADRID, 14 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) -

Leading members of the UK Conservative Party are discussing the possibility of replacing incumbent Prime Minister Liz Truss with a joint bid by Rishi Sunak and Penny Mordaunt.

Little more than a month after Truss came to power, when she became the fourth Conservative leader in six years, the British president is under pressure from important members of her party, who are supposedly planning a replacement, to As speculation grows that his days are numbered, according to The Times.

Party members predict that a deal between Sunak -- who lost to Truss in the internal vote -- and Mordaunt -- who emerged as third in the leadership race -- would have the support of the "overwhelming majority of Conservative MPs ", collects the aforementioned newspaper.

The sources consulted by the British media have assured that more than twenty former ministers and senior deputies are planning to tell Truss to resign. "The talks are intensifying," said a former minister on condition of anonymity.

YouGov polls for 'The Times' show that nearly half of those who voted Conservative in the last election want the party's MPs to oust Truss. 62 percent say party members made a wrong decision in voting for the leader, while 43 percent want the party to install a new prime minister.

Another MP has pointed out that supporters of Sunak, Mordaunt and Truss need to figure out how to govern. "The Rishi people, the Penny people and the no-nonsense Truss supporters who realize she's a mess need to sit down and figure out who the unit candidate is."

British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly warned on Thursday of the "disastrous" consequences of replacing Truss in office, something he called a "bad idea, not only politically, but also economically."

"This is the most important thing in the budget, Truss said it would protect people and businesses from the unprecedented increase in the price of energy. That is what he is doing," Cleverly said, in a new attempt to defend the political controversy. economic policy promised by the Government, which plans to lower taxes without cutting public spending.

However, the government has promised that there will be no further changes to budget policy after the Downing Street announcements sent the pound tumbling down.

The latest YouGov poll of voting intentions shows that Labor is now some 28 percentage points behind the Conservatives. The 'Tories' would thus obtain 23 percent of the support against Labour, who would obtain 51 percent. For now, Truss has ruled out calling early elections.