2023-07-22 05:00:00
Sunak visited the Uxbridge district on Friday to congratulate members of his party Carl Court | REUTERS
The Conservatives avoid the humiliation of losing three seats in the early elections for the minimum
22 jul 2023 . Updated at 05:00 h.
Rishi Sunak He is one of those who see opportunities where others see problems. The British Prime Minister made it clear this Friday by stating that the results of the early elections that were held in three constituencies prove that Conservatives still have a chance to win the generals in 2024.
An ephemeral respite for the “Tories”
Michelangelo Murado
Los tories they lost two of the three contested seats to Labor and Liberal Democrats. Against all odds, however, they retained the one for the London Borough of Uxbridge and South Ruislip, by just 495 votes. The victory is symbolic because this seat was the one occupied by the ex-premier Boris Johnson until June, when he resigned to avoid being penalized for lying to the House of Commons about the Partygate scandal.
“In [en el Parlamento de]Westminster and the Labor Party have been acting as if the generals are already decided, but voters in Uxbridge and South Ruislip have said otherwise. Nobody expected us to win, but when voters have to decide on the issues that matter they choose the Conservatives,” Sunak said.
“The message I take with me is that the conservatives are in power, that we have to redouble our efforts, stick to our plan and deliver results to the citizens,” added the premierwho narrowly escaped becoming the first president in 55 years to lose three seats on the same day.
The surprise victory has saved Sunak from facing new criticism of his leadership at the head of the Executive and the tories. However, there are many who believe that these will not take long to occur. «Victory in Uxbridge does not give Rishi carte blanche. It is increasingly clear that if there is no change we risk an electoral Armageddon,” said a former senior official. tory a la BBC.
Despite these omens, the premier he believes that his situation is not in danger and proof of this is that he did not reshuffle his Cabinet, as many predicted that he would lose the three seats.
The victory in northern Selby and Anisty, a traditional Conservative stronghold, helped the Labor leader Keir Starmer make sure that the UK ‘cries out for change’. However, not having won Johnson’s seat has spoiled the party and caused a shower of reproaches. Many in the party blame the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, also a Labor member, for his decision to extend the area of the city where cars can only circulate after paying a fee. Khan defended the move and ruled out reversing it.
For their part, the Liberal Democrats demanded the advancement of the generals, because the results show that the country wants to “get rid of the clowns in Downing Street.”
Keir Mather, the youngest MP in the history of the Commons
At 25 years old, Labor Keir Mather (Hull, 1998) has become the youngest deputy in the House of Commons in these elections. His seat corresponds to the constituency of Selby and Ainsty, in North Yorkshire (north), where the Labor Party won the Conservatives with 46% of the vote. The new member of Parliament for this district assured after knowing the results that they had “rewritten the rules on where Labor can win.” His mother said that he was named Keir after one of the founders of Labour. Mather studied history and politics at Oxford University.
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