Thread: Liz Truss Resigns [Who'll be the next Prime Minister?]
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Old 24-10-2022, 00:53   #1624
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Re: Liz Truss Resigns [Who'll be the next Prime Minister?]
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Originally Posted by Chris View Post
Why? I don’t see the timing making much difference, if any.

He seems to have tried to exact a price from Sunak, been sent packing, and spent the afternoon contemplating whether getting the job back is worth the cost. Apparently it isn’t, which is somewhat lucky for us judging by immediate market reaction.
The FT reports Johnson told Sunak that he would get the 100 votes, the members would then choose him over Sunak, so Sunak should step down in the interests of party unity. However, at that stage Sunak had double the number of votes of Johnson so rebuffed him.


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Originally Posted by jfman View Post
It’s convenient he had this realisation tonight and not 2.05pm tomorrow.
Indeed.
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Many Tory MPs believed he [Johnson] was acting in his own interest: to avoid the prospect of a humiliating defeat at the hands of his old rival, Sunak, when the votes were counted on Monday.
https://www.ft.com/content/80a44533-...b-83d9b434d184
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