(London) An influential British Conservative MP, Simon Clarke, on Tuesday evening called on the Tories to get rid of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, otherwise they would be “massacred” in the next elections and see Labor installed for a decade.
This frontal charge from the MP who has held several government positions, and in particular was number two in the Treasury when Rishi Sunak was Minister of Finance, comes as the polls persist in showing the Prime Minister soundly beaten in the elections, expected this year.
Rishi Sunak recently found himself shaken by the right wing of his majority over one of his government’s flagship projects, the expulsion of migrants to Rwanda.
“The hard truth is that Rishi Sunak is leading the Conservatives into an election where we are going to be massacred,” writes Simon Clarke in the columns of Daily Telegraph.
“Denial of impending catastrophe is an extraordinarily powerful human feeling,” he warns, estimating that the United Kingdom is on the verge of falling into the hands of Keir Starmer’s Labor “for a decade or more”.
The Conservative MP even argues that “extinction is a very real possibility for our party” if Nigel Farage, ex-Brexit champion and figure of the British far right “jumps into battle, which seems increasingly likely “.
If Simon Clarke does not hold Rishi Sunak solely responsible for the situation, he highlights the lack of inspiration he arouses, and concludes that it is time not to “despair”, but “to act”.
Electing a new leader of the Conservative Party would only take a few days, he argues, preferring “a week of chaotic headlines” to a “decade of decline under Keir” Starmer.
Having come to power more than a year ago, Rishi Sunak brought order after the brief and chaotic mandate of Liz Truss and the succession of scandals under Boris Johnson, which culminated with the “partygate” soap opera. these parties at Downing Street in violation of anti-covid health rules.
But the current head of the British government remains left behind for a long time, with a recent poll suggesting a gap of 27 points behind Labor.
After the government was recently battered over the bill on the expulsion of migrants to Rwanda, the British media have recently reported an influx of letters of no confidence towards Rishi Sunak.
As recalled by Telegraphit would take at least 52 to trigger a vote of confidence.