British Foreign Minister Liz Truss on Sunday joined a race to replace Boris Johnson as the prime minister and leader of the ruling conservative party, as a cracked contest focused on taxes.
Truss, 46, announced his nomination in the Daily Telegraph newspaper on Sunday night, said that he had a “clear vision of where we needed to be, and the experience and determination to bring us there”.
The offer by Truss, was seen as a pioneer in Tory’s leadership contest, following the former Defense Minister Penny Mordaunt when the race was extended to 11 candidates.
Mordaunt, 49, a former Navy reserve who also holds several roles of the senior minister, is not one of the favorites to replace Johnson in a recent poll from the Tory Party member was finally determined to elect their new leaders.
But such contests are famous for being unpredictable, and with more than a dozen members of parliament from various party factions who have the potential to be regulated, political commentators say some competitors can be discounted.
The initial favorite was former Minister of Finance Rishi Sung, who launched his campaign on Friday after helping to start the cabinet rebellion that caused Johnson’s forced resignation on Thursday. He now pulled the initial fire from Johnson’s loyalist and rival candidate.
Sundanese and former Minister of Health Sajid Javid – who also stated his nomination – both resigned on Tuesday night, encouraged dozens of more junior colleagues to follow him.
It forced Johnson to stop as a Tory leader 36 hours later.
But the 58 -year -old leader, whose three -year premiership has been determined by the scandal, the departure of the country from the European Union and Pandemi Covid, said he would remain until the successor was chosen
– Crowded field –
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Jeremy Hunt, who completed runner-up for Johnson in the last contest in 2019, announced Saturday night that he would stand again.
The Minister of Finance is currently Nadhim Zahawi – only appointed for Tuesday – and the Secretary of Transportation Grant Shapps also launched an offer.
They joined the Attorney General and Arch-Brexiteer Suella Braverman, a former Minister of Equality who was relatively unknown to Kemi Badenoch and MP Backbench Tory Tom Tugendhat in the list of developing candidates.
Another Tory Parliament member, Rehman Chishti, announced his leadership offer on Sunday night to bring the number of competitors to 11.
But the Minister of Defense Ben Wallace, who had been impressed in the role and became one of the favorites of Tory members, said on Saturday that he would not stand up after discussions with colleagues and family.
Taxation has become the main separator line in the race, because Britain faces a combination of toxic from high inflation and an increase in living costs that are rampant along with the growth of stagnant and relatively high tax rates.
– Focus on tax –
Announced their offers separately at Sunday Telegraph, Javid and Hunt both vowed to cut company taxes from 25 to 15 percent.
Javid said he would also cut or change other taxes, including reversing the increase in new national insurance which was fulfilled to collect health service funds.
Hunt, Shapps, and Tugendhat set their attitudes for lower taxes on the appearance of television on Sunday morning, while Truss also placed slaughtering taxes in the heart of the field.
But stating his nomination in a slick video on social media before the weekend, Sung scored a different tone, warning Tories not to believe the promise of “fairy tales”.
Meanwhile, the Zahawi campaign emerged in the initial danger after the Sunday newspaper report that his personal tax affairs were being investigated by the Revenue and Customs Officials – which were part of the Treasury Department. He denied making mistakes.
Dirty dossiers?
The Acrimonious campaign for months that might be formalized on Monday when the Backbenchers Committee will meet to approve schedules and rules.
Tuesday night deadline to register nomination can be imposed, according to reports.
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, Treasurer of the Committee, told Radio LBC that he was “really sure” the contest could be issued into two candidates to be given to members in a few weeks, before the summer recess of the parliament starting after July 21.
First, some of the voting rounds by all 358 Tory MPs are likely, with the elimination threshold set for each stage.
The new leader who was then chosen by members could be in front of the conservative annual conference in early October.
The conservative commentator IAIN Dale said on Sunday if the consensus candidates emerged, the contest could end without party members who voted, as happened in 2016 with the election of Theresa May.
In a potential danger sign from a protracted battle, The Sunday Times reported that several leadership teams had compiled what was called a dirty document to compromise accusations of rival candidates and their aide.