“We are now on to our third Prime Minister of 2022 with yet more disruption to come. Whoever Conservative MPs now elect as the next in a long line of leaders will have their legitimacy to hold a political mandate severely compromised, and it’s not difficult to imagine a General Election will come soon. The Chancellor’s call for stability made just a few days ago is a far cry from the reality of the political turmoil we’re living through.”
“While all this chaos and instability plays out in Westminster and specifically within the highly fragmented Conservative party, ordinary people and communities find themselves in increasingly desperate straits, through no fault of their own, with the issues and matters affecting them and their livelihoods ignored. This chaos is not just a product of the last six weeks of Liz Truss’s doomed premiership and has been building for a number of years. Just as we said at the time of Boris Johnson’s eventual resignation, our country needs and deserves a government in place that will focus on the needs affecting the most disadvantaged and on the urgent public policy issues to deal with the cost of living crisis and tackling the ever-growing deep-rooted inequalities in our communities that hamper growth and stability.”
