If the prime minister British Les Truss Assuming that his first weekly meeting with King Charles III would provide a respite from a week of political disaster and economic ruin was a mistake.
It took 15 seconds of video of the meeting at Buckingham Palace last night for the King to make matters worse. When Truss bowed and said, “Your Majesty,” Carlos answered: “Here again?”
Look: King Charles III will be crowned on May 6, 2023 at Westminster Abbey.
And while the Prime Minister succeeded in replying: “It is my great pleasure,” the new king could not help but grumble: “Honey, oh my goodness anyway…”
The clip, which came after another day of turmoil in economic markets and rebellion plots at Tory conferences, quickly went viral.
Dr Jennifer Cassidy, professor of diplomacy at the University of Oxford, described it as “Scene from Desk [la serie]…political awkwardness and unintentional comedy at its best.”.
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Criticism of the prime minister is growing within its parliamentary majority, with some Conservative MPs already starting Mixing names to replace them only one month after arriving at the office.
“Some Conservative MPs are looking at potential alternatives to (Finance Minister) Kwasi Quarting and possibly Liz Truss,” he told the newspaper. BBC On Thursday Paul Goodman, former MP and editor-in-chief of ConservativeHome, a website highly influential among the British right.
“All kinds of names are considered”He added referring to Rishi SunakThe former main contender for Truss in the race to Downing Street, and even Boris JohnsonThe controversial prime minister she replaced last month.
Truss has been in power for 37 days and is increasingly questioned. Huge tax cuts he promised at the end of September without apparent funding have caused panic in financial markets and been met with skepticism and anxiety by some of his fellow party members.
Although he is continuing on the path for now, Conservative MPs are urging him in particular to roll back some elements of his economic package, notably scrapping a planned increase in corporate tax.
At Wednesday’s weekly Prime Minister’s Questions, Truss, who was booed by the Labor opposition, He ruled out cutting public spending to fund his tax cuts, and reiterated that he was counting on GDP growth to pull the country out of the crisis.
But Reliance on the rapid growth of the British economy, which is currently threatened with recession, is an illusionA former adviser to the Bank of England warned.
The only way for this to work is if we assume that growth will accelerate the way the government wants it. I think a lot of people see that as wishful thinking,” said Martin Weil, professor of economics at King’s Business School, Times Radio.
Despite the turmoil in markets and within his own party, Downing Street says Truss – who has already backed away from a major budget measure – It “focuses only on the goal of growth through planned changes and reforms”.
But others don’t rule it out She will soon have to give new turns to her controversial actions.
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