2023-09-01 05:00:00
Rishi Sunak, right, and Grant Shapps, in Downing Street yesterday Simon Walker / No 10 Downing Str | EFE
His ally Shapps is the new defense minister after Wallace’s resignation.
01 sep 2023 . Updated at 05:00 h.
Rishi Sunak He knows that he cannot waste time and that if he wants to have any chance of winning next year’s general election, he must get down to business. Thus, the British prime minister has not waited for the summer holidays to officially end to start working and tinkering with his government. He premier yesterday accepted the resignation of Ben Wallacethe most popular member of his Cabinet, as Minister of Defense, and replaced him with the until now head of Energy and one of his main supporters, Grant Shapps. Sunak also named the current Secretary of State for Education, Claire Coutinhoas Minister of Energy.
Ben Wallace confirms su dimisin as British defense minister
That’s all folks. It has been a privilege to serve this great nation. Wallace said goodbye with these words, through his X account, the old Twitter. His departure is not a surprise, since a month and a half ago he announced his plans to leave the position he has held for four years and abandon active politics, following the controversy over his statements in which he demanded that Ukraine show gratitude to those who They support him in the context of the Russian invasion. I want to invest [tiempo] in the parts of life that I have neglected, and explore new opportunities, he wrote in a letter to Sunak.
Support for Ukraine continue
In his first words after his appointment, Shapps guaranteed that the military assistance that the United Kingdom has been giving Ukraine to continue without changes. British support for Ukraine In his fight against Putin’s savage invasion, he will continue, the newly appointed asserted.
Shapps’ choice was challenged by retired General Francis Dannatt, who was Chief of Staff of the British Armed Forces. The reason? His lack of experience in defense and security. Now we have a minister who knows very little about defense, and I think that will stall the debate on increasing military spending, he declared. Increasing the military budget was one of Wallace’s priorities.
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From labor They described the Sunak government’s mini-crisis as a change of seats inside a sinking ship, and they ruled out that this renewal will allow the premier regain the confidence of the voters. The changes have not been well received either among conservativeswho expected the remodeling to be more extensive, according to the BBC, after consulting various deputies and members of the formation.
The latest polls do not predict anything good for the tories of Sunak. The most recent poll, from the YouGov firm, gives Labor 20 points ahead in voting intentions over the Conservatives (44 to 24). Other studies ensure that the ruling party will lose all the seats it won in the red wall (the Labor fiefdoms) in 2019.
However, data like inflation slowdown and the slight drop in the number of illegal immigrants who have arrived in the country so far this year offer the premier some hope.
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