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Sunak released the list of new cabinet members, giving a first glimpse of his governing style
A few days ago, the new British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak successively announced the list of new cabinet members. Candidates for several important positions such as finance minister, deputy prime minister and justice minister, foreign minister and defense minister have all been confirmed.
It can be seen from the list of appointments that have been released that Sunak is a proper master of water management. It can be said that all parties have not been offended, and he has well balanced the various factions within the Conservative Party party. Among them, the Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt and the Foreign Secretary James Cleverly were both nominated and appointed by Truss during the administration, and they still retain their original positions. The Secretary of Defense, Ben Wallace, also continues to maintain his original position. It is worth mentioning that Wallace had been supporting Johnson before. Sunak's move was seen as an olive branch to factions that did not support him, demonstrating his meritocracy and deftly resolving the opposition within the Conservative party. It can be said to be very smart.
In fact, from the appointments of the new cabinet , we can see that Sunak is a very stable person, and this style of governance is extremely important in the current depressed and chaotic Britain.
Britain is facing many crises, and Sunak has a long way to go.
The most difficult problem in Britain now is the economic problem. Affected by former Prime Minister Truss's "mini-budget", the British economy is now in dire straits. Before Truss became Prime Minister, the British stock market was around 7,500 points. After Truss's drastic economic reforms, it fell directly to more than 6,700 points. The market value of the British regime and stock market directly evaporated by more than 500 billion pounds, and Standard & Poor's even directly adjusted the UK's sovereign debt rating from "stable" to "negative AA". This series of changes has caused the British government to face an unprecedented financial crisis, which has dealt a huge blow to the economy and trade. At the same time, due to the intense tax cuts and interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve, the British inflation rate has soared, making life more difficult for the people at the bottom.
Fortunately, in the later period of Truss's administration, he appointed the current Finance Minister Hunter . Since taking office, Hunter has almost completely abolished Truss's economic policies and made every effort to reverse the poor economic situation in the UK. At present, it seems quite promising. Sunak and Hunt also have similar economic views. As long as they join forces, they believe they can get the British economy back on track in the near future.
In addition, the UK and Europe previously dragged themselves into the energy crisis in order to sanction Russia, and the UK was not able to escape. The energy crisis facing the UK is no smaller than that of Germany and France. The solution to this crisis is either to resume trade with Russia and continue to import cheap and stable natural gas from Russia; or to continue to import liquefied natural gas at high prices from countries such as the United States or Saudi Arabia. However, considering that the cost of living for the British people has increased in all aspects, and some people have begun to resist the excessively high natural gas prices, it is wise to resume natural gas trade with Russia as soon as possible.
In addition to the above two crises that need to be solved urgently, there are a lot of problems such as national division, high unemployment, and refugee problems waiting for Sunak to solve. Perhaps Johnson announced that he would give up running for the post of prime minister because he saw so many problems. The pressure is now on Sunak. Whether the first Indian Prime Minister in British history can lead the British people out of the predicament, we will wait and see!
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