![]() ![]() The wear and tear of power has its part in this: after twelve years at the head of the country and with a very mediocre balance sheet, the Tories no longer manage to renew themselves. How did the formation of Benjamin Disraeli and Winston Churchill come to devour its own leaders (Theresa May lasted three years, Boris Johnson barely more) and give the keys to power to dogmatists of the free market? or right-wing extremists? Read also: Article reserved for our subscribers Between freezing energy bills and steep tax cuts, the British government’s huge budget bet Simplistic view of the economy Suella Braverman ensures that ” his dream “, they are planes full of asylum seekers in distress taking off for Rwanda. Jacob Rees-Mogg, the Minister for Industry, discusses “luddites” (a reference to workers breaking down industrial machinery to protest against unemployment in the early 1900s e century) the many opponents of hydraulic fracturing and accuse them of being “funded by the Putin regime”. The British right-wing party gave an edifying spectacle: that of a formation on the verge of implosion, in open war against a government formed just a month ago but already seeming to be moribund, where the shocking remarks disputed it with incompetence. We could extend the list of tragicomic episodes that punctuated the Conservatives’ conference, which ended on Wednesday, October 5, in Birmingham. Read also: Article reserved for our subscribers In Birmingham, at the Conservative Congress, the revolt rumbles against Liz Truss ![]() And the latter who goes on interviews with a smile but has already lost a lot of authority, after having assured to be “ready to be unpopular” for “making tough decisions”like his idol Magareth Thatcher, but gave up, in a few hours, the abolition of the income tax rate at 45% (a gift for the richest households). Michael Gove, Grant Shapps or Priti Patel, ex-ministers of Boris Johnson who also multiply the spades against M me Truss, as if they were already on the campaign trail. A key government minister, Penny Mordaunt, breaking ranks and openly criticizing Downing Street. A Chancellor of the Exchequer, Kwasi Kwarteng, who, at the end of his arguments to justify the catastrophic reception of his “mini budget” by the markets, evokes his lack of preparation linked to the funeral of the queen. Interior Minister Suella Braverman, who accuses MPs from her own Conservative camp of a ” cut “ against British Prime Minister Liz Truss. ![]() Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng and Britain’s Prime Minister Liz Truss attend the opening day of the Conservative Party’s annual conference, in Birmingham, central England, Octo. ![]()
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