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In the British government's "resignation wave" last week, Foreign Minister Elizabeth Truss (Liz Truss) is one of the few cabinet officials who firmly support Johnson to remain in office according to media statistics. British Prime Minister After Johnson was "forced to resign", the ruling Conservative Party's new leader election campaign began, with more than 10 people announcing their candidacy, and Trass was also a candidate to announce his late strike. However, British media discovered on the 11th that Tras had long been determined to run for the election and registered the campaign website more than a month ago.
According to the British Independent on the 11th, Tras registered the official election webpage for the leader of the Conservative Party , shortly after Johnson survived the distrust vote.
Tras's official campaign page was launched as early as June 8
The newspaper searched the web domain name and found that the right-wing Foreign Minister's campaign page "lizforleader.co.uk" was launched on June 8. Two days ago, Johnson had just escaped from a vote of no confidence and promised to remain in power.
However, Johnson still underestimated the opposition. After being deeply involved in the "party gate" and voting for distrust, the scandal-ridden blonde prime minister experienced "forced palace" and "resignation wave" in early July, and finally agreed to resign as Conservative leader on the morning of July 7.
After Johnson agreed to step down, 11 people within the Conservative Party have officially announced their election for party leader so far. Trass is one of them too.
htmlOn 10, Tras announced his candidacy for the party leader. The conservative foreign minister promised that tax cuts will begin from the first day of his tenure if elected. After ending the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting held at Indonesia , Tras rushed back to the UK and announced his candidacy through the " Daily Telegraph " on the evening of the 10th. She wrote in the article that she “has clear goals, experience and determination” to lead the country forward."I will run as a Conservative and will rule in this capacity," said Tras. "Under my leadership, I will start tax cuts from the first day of my administration and take immediate measures to help the people solve the cost of living (high-enterprise problems)."
Tras campaign website homepage video screenshot
Food prices in the UK have continued to rise sharply recently, gasoline prices have broken records, and people's living costs have continued to increase. Trass believes that it is not the time to raise taxes at present. She said: "I will pull back the national insurance tax rate that rose in April to ensure that we maintain the competitiveness of corporate taxes, so that we can attract companies and investments to the UK..."
AFP reported that several recent polls showed that Tras is one of the popular candidates for the Conservative Party's new party leader and is regarded as the "leader". As of the 10th, 11 people have confirmed to join the election.
Tras' competitors include former Chancellor Sunak and former Secretary of Health Javid. These two people were the "initiators" who suddenly announced their resignation last week, which triggered the "resignation storm". According to Sky News, this round of resignations has totaled more than 50 Johnson cabinet officials and government officials submitted their resignations. BBC statistics on July 7 show that among the few remaining supporters Johnson is foreign minister Trass , anti-market Bang Wallace and deputy prime minister Rab .
A supervisor of the Conservative MP group "1922 Committee" is scheduled to approve the rules on how to lock the campaigners into two people on the 11th. The new rule aims to speed up the campaign process. According to the new regulations, candidates must confirm their election by the evening of the 12th. If the candidate still cannot obtain the support of 36 members of parliament by the evening of the 13th, he will be eliminated.
The Conservative Party elects a new leader roughly into two stages: first, 358 Conservative MPs vote to lock in two candidates, and then all Conservative Party members vote, and the winner becomes the new leader and the new British Prime Minister. According to AFP, several recent polls show that Tras is one of the popular candidates for the Conservative Party’s new leader and is regarded as the “leader.” As of the 10th, 11 people have confirmed to join the election.
The Conservative Party announced the candidacy for the Conservative Party
On July 11 local time, Sir Graham Brady, chairman of the British Conservative Party's "1922 Committee", confirmed that the committee will announce the candidate for new party leader and new prime minister on September 5.According to the latest BBC data, Sunak leads much in the polls, followed by strong competitors are Modant and Trass.
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