In Guildford, south-west London, where the Conservatives have won elections for twenty years, residents are expressing their dismay and concern after the resignation of Prime Minister Liz Truss, who will have governed only 44 days.
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Passers-by brave the light rain to shop in the upscale shopping street in downtown Guildford, a conservative stronghold in south-west London. There, after the resignation Thursday, October 20 of the conservative Prime Minister Liz Truss, after only 44 days at the head of the government, the inhabitants are extremely disappointed and uncertain about the future.
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Among them, Janet, who comes out of a store and worries about her purchasing power. She blames Liz Truss: “She’s ruined the economy, she’s totally incompetent, she storms. How many millions of pounds have disappeared because of her? I am a conservative and of course I am very disappointed. It’s the fault of the party that allowed her to lead us.” The conclusion is unanimously severe here: “Glad she left because she caused chaos”notes another passer-by.
With the stock market collapsing, the debt exploding, inflation continuing to climb, Liz Truss is above all a casting problem for these conservatives, a problem that should never have happened, according to Richard: “The whole people did not want us to change Boris Johnson, he points out. What is happening is not because of the Conservatives, but it is a matter of leadership.”
“There was a casting mistake, but the government is doing the job: it’s under construction and it must continue to build.”
In this city, the Conservatives have won every election for more than twenty years and this is likely to last. None intends to change parties despite the situation. All have their suitors: Rishi Sunak, the former finalist against Liz Truss, Boris Johnson, the controversial former Prime Minister. They hope that the election of the next Prime Minister will be obvious, not too close, to find some semblance of unison among the Conservatives.