Anaïs Cordoba (in London), edited by Juliette Moreau Alvarez
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08:35, September 04, 2022
In a few days, the British will know the name of their next Prime Minister. If Boris Johnson was not unanimous, this will surely also be the case for his successor, whether Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak. The British people are already divided on the subject.
If the United Kingdom will soon know the name of its or its future Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, the last to have held this position, is still being talked about. Between regrets at his resignation and a big “phew” of relief, the British are still and always divided. Among those who voted for him in 2019, some do not forgive the Conservatives for having ejected him. “Now the Conservatives are going to elect the Prime Minister they want. But we no longer have the Prime Minister we wanted,” regrets an Englishwoman. “He should have stayed and finished the job. He had to deal with Brexit, Covid and Ukraine, these are big issues. Whether he attended a party with cake and beers, I don’t care. !”
Neither Truss nor Sunak
For Jane and Tim, on the other hand, his departure is a victory, but not necessarily a relief, because they do not like either Rishi Sunak or Liz Truss, the two candidates for his succession. “Boris Johnson is appalling. He is an absolute liar, devoid of any moral sense. We were ashamed of him. And then, he was grotesque”, laments Jane. “But the sequel could be worse,” continues Tim, a little anxiously. “Liz Truss will be the same. Only her interests matter. Rishi Sunak may be a bit better, but he’s all for the budget restraint, so I don’t know if that’s a good thing for public sector jobs. where I work. And then they got too close to the extreme right that exists within the party now’.
Liz Truss, the Minister of Foreign Affairs is the favorite in this race and leads her opponent by 30 points in the polls, after a final debate on Saturday.