Liz Truss will 'still be Prime Minister at Christmas' despite Tory rebellion, predicts Jeremy Hunt
New Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has said he believes Liz Truss will still be Prime Minister at Christmas - despite five Tory MPs already publicly calling for her to step down.
Amid the rebellion, Mr Hunt called on fellow Conservative MPs to "give her a chance" and ruled out becoming PM himself, during an interview on Sky News. "I rule it out, Mrs Hunt rules it out, three Hunt children rule it out," he said.Mr Hunt replaced Kwasi Kwarteng as Chancellor on Friday and has since ripped up the bulk of the economic strategy that brought Liz Truss into office just six weeks ago.
“These are very serious times for all countries around the world and the worst thing any government can do is not be completely honest and transparent about the scale of the challenges. And I think, actually, I don’t want to say it’s reassuring, but I hope people understand that we are being straight about the scale of the challenges and I hope there are some reassurance in that honesty at least.”
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