Reporter Cui Puyu
After being forced to resign from the post of British Prime Minister due to pressure from party members, Boris Johnson may try to make a comeback.
On Friday, dozens of Conservative MPs publicly expressed their support for Johnson . The day before, Tras, who had just 45 days in office, announced his resignation as prime minister, causing severe market fluctuations due to his substantial tax cuts and spending policies.
Then Conservative leaders launched a faster new process to select the next candidate and said they would decide the winner by next weekend.
potential candidates are rushing to seek support from party members. If more than one candidate reaches the threshold of 100 nominations before next Monday afternoon’s deadline, the final winner will be selected by 170,000 Conservative members.
Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said in a TV interview Friday that he tends to support Johnson. At the same time, two other current cabinet ministers also said they will support the former party leader. Conservative MP Paul Bristow said Johnson will turn the situation around again and win the 2024 general election.
Johnson, 58, is the spokesperson for the Brexit movement and led the Conservatives to win the 2019 general election. However, due to a series of scandals such as attending parties during the anti-epidemic lockdown, Johnson was "reverse" by several senior members of his administration and was forced to step down.
Johnson has not yet publicly stated whether he can run for election, and his assistant declined to comment. But some allies say he will run for the election if he can get 100 nominations from the 357 Conservative MPs.
Walden, who served as Johnson's press secretary, said in an interview with Sky News that Johnson was on his way back from vacation, "apparently he is asking for advice."
In addition, former Chancellor of the Finance Minister Sunak (Rishi Sunak) is also a strong potential contender. Former Defense Secretary Penny Mordaunt officially announced his election campaign on Friday.
Sunak lost to Tras this summer's Conservative leader campaign, when he warned that Tras' massive tax cuts would push the inflation rate and mortgage rates, eroding savings and causing a sell-off in the bond market.
Sunak, who served as hedge fund manager, tried to narrow the budget gap by raising taxes during his tenure as Chancellor of the Crown, and he had a considerable support base among his parliamentary peers. But because he resigned as Chancellor of the Chancellor of the Chancellor of the Johnson cabinet in July, it made it difficult for him to win the support of Johnson's faction in the party. Sunak has not announced his election yet.
Modot also participated in the Conservative Party leader election this summer. Although she did not enter the last round of the election, she performed quite well and was the title of "dark horse in politics". On Monday, in the face of attacks from the opposition Labor Party, Modot made a strong defense for the Conservative Party and won praise from the party.
As the Conservative Party currently holds a majority in parliament and is able to ignore calls for a general election within two years, the new party leader will become the fifth prime minister in Britain in six years.
The Conservative Party hopes that the new leader will revive the party’s reputation at home. Redfield Wilton poll data shows that the Conservative Party’s approval rating is currently 736 percentage points behind the Labor Party’s, setting the largest gap since the 1990s. This means that if the election is held now, the Conservatives have little hope of winning.
After Tras resigned, British bookmakers immediately offered several election odds for possible successors, Sunak had a 53% chance of winning, Johnson had a 42% chance of winning and Murdot had a 10% chance of winning.
Reuters statistics on Conservative MPs who have publicly announced their support for the targets show that Sunak has 59 supporters, Johnson has 30, and Modot has 16.
However, no matter who succeeds, the new prime minister will take over a economy that is about to fall into recession. As interest rates rise and inflation soars to double digits, millions of people will face a cost-of-living crisis.
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