Tories ‘told to prepare for a snap election next year’: New PM expected to whip party into shape for fall election against Keir Starmer and block his route to creating a ‘coalition of chaos’ by October 2023.
The polls ended yesterday, and the winner will be revealed on Monday.
New Prime Minister would be restricted to four or five choices at the elections.
The next general election is not anticipated until 2024 and may occur in January 2025.
According to sources, the Conservative party has been instructed to prepare for a sudden election next year.
The voting period for the new prime minister concluded yesterday, and the winner will be revealed on Monday.
The Express stated that Liz Truss, the frontrunner in the Tory leadership election, will have four or five alternatives for going to the polls.
Against Keir Starmer, she is anticipated to whip the party into shape for an autumn election on October 5, 2023, and stop his route to establishing a “coalition of chaos.”
A insider told the newspaper that holding an election beyond October would be like “waiting for something fantastic to happen, but it won’t, and you’re out of options.”
The next general election is not anticipated until 2024, and may not occur until January 2025 at the earliest.
Liz Truss, the frontrunner in the Conservative leadership campaign, would have four or five voting alternatives.
As the polls closed at 5:00 p.m., the Foreign Secretary declared her belief in “a stronger and better future for Britain.”
She said, “If I am elected prime minister, I will never allow anybody to put us down, and I will do all in my power to ensure the success of our wonderful country.”
During the six-week campaign, she said that engaging with tens of thousands of Tory members had been “wonderful.”
She said, “I have an ambitious plan to build our economy and provide better wages, more security for families, and world-class public services.”
This will be accomplished by reducing taxes, enacting supply-side reform [steps to increase productivity and competitiveness], and deleting business-stifling red tape.
It comes as contentious proposals for a “coalition of chaos” that are anticipated to have Labour’s support in the fall might keep the Tories out of power for a whole generation.
Conservative election organisers have privately expressed concern that Starmer’s party may accept proposals to replace Britain’s traditional first-past-the-post (FPTP) voting system with ‘coalition-friendly’ proportional representation next month (PR).
Against Keir Starmer, she is anticipated to whip the party into shape for an autumn election on October 5, 2023, and stop his route to establishing a “coalition of chaos.”
This comes as a result of the decision by two of Labour’s most influential union allies to embrace election reform.
Conservative lawmakers warned last night that the decision would be a concession to Sir Keir’s prospective Liberal Democrat coalition allies.
One, Richard Holden, said, “Sir Keir Starmer is aware that Labour could never gain a majority under his lackluster leadership, and so are Labour’s union paymasters.”
This is why they are pushing for unity with the Lib Dems to modify the rules so that Labour can slip in via the back door, supported by the Lib Dems and SNP.
Richard Holden, a member of the Conservative Party, said, “Sir Keir Starmer is aware that Labour could never gain a majority under his lackluster leadership, and so are Labour’s union paymasters.
He said, “Instead of attempting to tamper with Britain’s democratic system, the people would rather that Labour and the unions focus on avoiding strike action that cripples our public services.”
However, Tory apprehensions about proportional representation may empower Labour supporters who are urging their party’s annual conference next month to include a transition to proportional representation in the party’s next General Election programme.
The proposal follows a similar resolution that failed to pass at last year’s conference due to union opposition.
However, less than a month later, Unite, Labour’s largest donor, reversed course and voted for proportional representation in Westminster elections for the first time in the union’s history.
In June of this year, another large union, Unison, voted for proportional representation on the grounds that its members were weary of Westminster’s “distorting FPTP voting system.”
Andy Burnham, the Labour mayor of Greater Manchester and a prospective successor to Sir Keir, has since urged the party to approve the contentious vote decision.
Mr. Burnham urged Sir Keir to “seize the opportunity” but denied advocating for an electoral alliance with other parties.
Conservative election strategists have expressed concern that Sir Keir Starmer’s party may endorse proposals to remove Britain’s ancient first-past-the-post (FPTP) voting system next month. Pictured: Keir Starmer, leader of the Labour Party, inspects heat pump equipment on the roof of a Walthamstow housing estate.
Andy Burnham, the Labour mayor of Greater Manchester and a prospective successor to Sir Keir, has urged his party to support the contentious voting system change.
As he joined the party in East Surrey, where ‘every time you vote Labour, the vote doesn’t really matter,’ the Labour leader said earlier this summer that he knew how passionately many party members felt about proportional representation.
Nevertheless, he emphasized the significance of the ‘connection to a constituency’ under the existing system, in which every member of parliament is elected by and accountable to people in a particular region.
The Labour For A New Democracy campaign proposes, in a draft resolution for next month’s conference, that the next Labour administration, “within its first term in office,” abolish the “corrupt electoral system that continually gives power to a Conservative minority.”
However, Tory opponents argue that it would merely result in weak coalition administrations in which, after each election, political parties would argue over who should share power with them.
Labour insiders emphasized that Sir Keir would not be bound by a party conference decision over the content of the next Labour manifesto.