Boris Johnson promised unshakable support on Tuesday to his successor Liz Truss, when he left the street for the last time as British Prime Minister to offer his resignation. Johnson, whose mandate was dominated by Brexit and Covid and interrupted by the scandal, farewell to the applause and applause of the supporters before heading to an audience with Queen Elizabeth II.
In a typical rhetorical development, he compared himself to “one of these recall rockets which filled his function” and would splash “in a distant and obscure corner of the Pacific”. But he promised: “I will support Liz Truss and the new government at each stage.” And he urged his conservative party to power to put aside their differences to fight against the energy crisis which seems ready to dominate the immediate future of Truss.
“If Dilyn (his dog) and Larry (the Downing Street cat) can put their occasional difficulties behind them, the conservative party too,” he added. Normally, the transfer of power to Great Britain is a quick case, outgoing and entrants leaders making a short trip to the Buckingham Palace in central London in rapid succession. But Johnson and Truss face a round trip of 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers) with the head of the Balmoral retirement from the state in the Scottish Highlands.
The Queen chose not to come back from her annual summer vacation for the brief public of ceremony, after persistent health problems that affected her ability to walk and stand up. Johnson is expected to arrive at 11:20 am (1020 GMT) in Balmoral, with sectors expected at 12:10 p.m., royal officials said. During the meeting, which should last around 30 minutes, she will ask Truss, as the leader of the largest party in Parliament, to form a government. Truss, 47, was announced on Monday winner of an internal vote of the members of the Conservative Party, after an exhausting competition that started in July.
All eyes will be back in the British capital and the first address as Prime Minister, which should take place outside 10 Downing Street Tuesday afternoon – if time allows. Strong rains and storms are planned, reflecting the dark economic situation that she and her new senior ministers will have to approach from the first day.
The meetings should be finalized before welcoming its first meeting of the cabinet on Wednesday and faces questions in Parliament. Affairs Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng is expected to become Minister of Finance, the Attorney General Suella Braverman has moved to the delicate memory of the interior secretary, and James intelligently in foreign affairs. If it were confirmed, this would mean any white man in the four main ministerial posts in Great Britain for the first time.
Truss faces a list of intimidating tasks, with the United Kingdom in the influence of his worst economic crisis for decades. Inflation is endemic and takes place at 40.1%, with predictions of worst to come and recession as winter bites. Households face an 80% increase in gas and electricity bills from October, while companies warn that they could go to the even larger hiking wall.
Truss, who boasts as a free market liberal, has promised tax reductions to stimulate growth, despite the warnings that greater borrowing could worsen inflation. British media reported Tuesday that it would freeze energy bills. The contrast with his more cautious approach to his Rival Rishi Sunak rival opened another ditch in the conservative party which was already divided by the departure of Johnson.
Recent opinion polls suggest that a large part of the British public has no confidence in its ability to combat the cost of living crisis. A new Yougov survey said that only 14% expect Truss doing a better job than Johnson. – Come back – Johnson, 58, remains popular among the basic conservatives as a winner of the charismatic elections, who released the country from the European Union.
Despite repeated accusations of corruption and cronyism during his mandate, and an unprecedented police fine for having violated his own locking rules, Johnson would be having to leave. Speculations have turned towards that he could wait for his time for a return, especially if the farm is struggling to overcome the many problems of the country.
On Tuesday, Johnson said that he “would return to his plow”, like the Roman statesman Cincinnatus, although the Latin scholars quickly stressed that he finally returned to politics. In his speech of acceptance on Monday, Truss excluded the search for his own public mandate during a first general election, promising a victory in 2024.