Eleven candidates, all very right. The resignation of Boris Johnson from the head of the British Conservative Party, Thursday, July 7, triggered the succession process. And less than a week later, they are therefore eleven to want to take his place at 10, Downing Street. To seduce the deputies toriesthen the activists, the contenders for the post of Prime Minister bet on a very conservative political line.
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Hollywood music and voice-over with a serious tone, in her candidacy video, Penny Mordaunt plays on the image of a dream United Kingdom, where she summons Winston Churchill and Margaret Thatcher. Like all her rivals, the member for the riding of Portsmouth North wants to reduce taxes, taxes on businesses and fuel, for example.
For public health, everyone is going for their drastic reduction projects. The majority of candidates want fewer civil servants, less bureaucracy. Only Rishi Sunak is cautious: two and a half years as Minister of Finance have taught him the measure.
Another common point: no one plans to go back on Brexit, presented as a “strength” for a “liberated britain“. All are ready to renege on the Northern Ireland Protocol, which establishes the rules at the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland – that is to say the only physical border between the United Kingdom- United and the European Union Unanimity also on the deportation of asylum seekers to Rwanda The project is maintained.
We need to get rid of all this “woke” nonsense. Coming back to a country where describing a man and a woman in biological terms doesn’t mean you’ll lose your job.
Suella Braverman, candidate to lead the British Conservative Party
Suella Braverman, in the government of Boris Johnson since 2020, refers, in caricature, to heated debates on gender in British universities. A sensitive topic among curators. And here again, his point of view is widely shared by all the other candidates.
The new Prime Minister is due to take office on September 5, 2022. In the meantime, Boris Johnson continues to deal with current issues.