‘One thing has to provide’: Former Brexit minister joins requires Liz Truss to resign

Former Brexit minister Lord Frost has joined requires Liz Truss to resign, saying “one thing has to provide” following a chaotic day in Westminster.

He mentioned the prime minister can not keep in workplace as a result of she “campaigned in opposition to the insurance policies she is now implementing”.

Writing within the Telegraph, Lord Frost dealt one other blow to Ms Truss on a troublesome day for the federal government, which noticed house secretary Suella Braverman resign and hit out on the prime minister’s “tumultuous” time in workplace.

He mentioned: “As Suella Braverman made so clear this afternoon, the federal government is implementing neither the programme Liz Truss initially advocated nor the 2019 manifesto. It’s getting into a very totally different course.

“There isn’t any shred of a mandate for this. It’s solely occurring as a result of the Truss authorities messed issues up extra badly than anybody may have imagined, and enabled a hostile takeover by its opponents.

“One thing has to provide. Truss simply can’t keep in workplace for one very apparent motive: she campaigned in opposition to the insurance policies she is now implementing.

“Nevertheless masterfully she now implements them – and it doesn’t appear that will probably be very masterfully – it simply received’t do. She mentioned she wouldn’t U-turn, after which she did.”

Nevertheless, senior Tory backbencher Sir Roger Gale on Wednesday evening predicted that Ms Truss may emerge stronger after Ms Braverman’s resignation.

The North Thanet MP mentioned: “On steadiness, on the finish of as we speak I might say, in a peculiar approach – and it’s peculiar – Truss would possibly come out of it stronger. I could also be fully flawed and out of contact”.

He mentioned the chaos over the fracking vote had been a “storm in a teacup”, and that whereas the resignation of Ms Braverman was extra important, it may find yourself serving to Ms Truss’s place because of the subsequent appointment of Grant Shapps as house secretary.

“The Braverman subject is fairly extra basic, however I feel on steadiness it’s potential the prime minister would possibly come out of it truly stronger fairly than weaker,” Sir Roger mentioned.

“We want individuals within the authorities who’re grown-up and skilled and perceive actual politics.”

Requested whether or not there was momentum constructing to take away the prime minister, he mentioned: “No, fairly the reverse truly. Folks aren’t overjoyed. We’re not very glad, however that’s totally different from eager to unseat the prime minister.

“It appears to me that, given the financial state of affairs, the truth that we’ve received Jeremy Hunt because the chief government successfully in management at No 11 now doing issues effectively, and Liz Truss as an, OK, broken chairman of the board, for the second we’re higher off sticking with Liz Truss and letting Jeremy get on and do his job.”

Ms Braverman resigned earlier on Wednesday after sending an official doc from her private e mail which is in opposition to protocol. In her resignation letter, she primarily voiced concern over the federal government’s conduct, writing that “pretending we haven’t made errors” and having “damaged key pledges” is “not severe politics”.

Throughout a chaotic fracking vote within the Commons, chief whip Wendy Morton and her deputy Craig Whittaker reportedly threatened to stop over a last-minute U-turn on whether or not the division could be handled as a vote of confidence.

Later, Downing Road mentioned Ms Morton and Mr Whittaker “stay in submit”

Conservative MP Sir Charles Walker was visibly indignant as he gave an interview within the Home of Commons after the vote, which allegedly noticed some Tory MPs “manhandled” into voting lobbies.

“I feel it’s a shambles and a shame. I’m furious. I hope all these individuals who put Liz Truss in Quantity 10, I hope it was value it,” Sir Charles mentioned.