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Jeremy Hunt Now 'De-Facto PM' After Sudden Rise Amid Truss Leadership Crisis
Jeremy Hunt Now 'De-Facto PM' After Sudden Rise Amid Truss Leadership Crisis
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Newly-appointed chancellor Jeremy Hunt has made two failed attempts for the Tory Party leadership and the keys to 10 Downing Street in the past three years... 17.10.2022, Sputnik International
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New Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt is the "de-facto prime minister" — so says a backbench Tory MP.This comments came hours before Hunt's press conference to announce more tax and spending changes.The veteran North Thanet MP said "all the shots" were now being called by the chancellor, who Truss appointed on Friday in a bid to survive a crisis of confidence in her month-old leadership.Gale, who voted against Truss in this summer's Conservative Party leadership election, said he wanted Hunt to "get on with the job".Former foreign secretary Hunt was catapulted from the backbenches to the second most-important office in the land on Friday after Truss sacked Kwasi Kwarteng after just five weeks in the job.Kwarteng's mini-budget announcement of massive borrowing to fund a government aid scheme to get households and businesses through the energy price crisis, along with cuts to Corporation tax and National Insurance, prompted a run on the pound sterling and UK government bonds.But those moves only honoured campaign pledges made by Truss.Hunt, an opponent of Britain's exit from the European Union (EU), has made two unsuccessful bids for the Tory leadership — and the nation — in the last three years. Johnson beat off a rebellion by Remainers in his own party and won the 2019 snap general election under the slogan "Get Brexit Done".He was runner-up to Boris Johnson in the 2019 contest, following Theresa May's resignation as PM over her push for a 'soft Brexit', but was knocked out in the first round of balloting in this summer's leadership race before backing former chancellor Rishi Sunak.
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Jeremy Hunt Now 'De-Facto PM' After Sudden Rise Amid Truss Leadership Crisis
09:21 GMT 17.10.2022 (Updated: 15:21 GMT 28.05.2023) Newly-appointed chancellor Jeremy Hunt has made two failed attempts for the Tory Party leadership and the keys to 10 Downing Street in the past three years, coming second to Boris Johnson in 2019 but crashing out in the first round of this year's race.
New Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt is the "de-facto prime minister" — so says a backbench Tory MP.
"There's real power in Downing Street - but it's not in Number 10, it's in Number 11," Sir Roger Gale told Sky News presenter Kay Burley on Monday morning.
This comments came hours before Hunt's press conference to announce more tax and spending changes.
The veteran North Thanet MP said "all the shots" were now being called by the chancellor, who Truss appointed on Friday in a bid to survive a
crisis of confidence in her month-old leadership.
Gale, who voted against Truss in this summer's Conservative Party leadership election, said he wanted Hunt to "get on with the job".
Former foreign secretary Hunt was catapulted from the backbenches to the second most-important office in the land on Friday after Truss
sacked Kwasi Kwarteng after just five weeks in the job.
Kwarteng's
mini-budget announcement of massive borrowing to fund a government aid scheme to get households and businesses through the energy price crisis, along with cuts to Corporation tax and National Insurance, prompted a run on the pound sterling and UK government bonds.
But those moves only honoured campaign pledges made by Truss.
17 October 2022, 05:57 GMT
Hunt, an opponent of Britain's exit from the European Union (EU), has made two unsuccessful bids for the Tory leadership — and the nation — in the last three years. Johnson beat off a rebellion by Remainers in his own party and won the 2019 snap general election under the slogan "Get Brexit Done".
He was runner-up to Boris Johnson in the 2019 contest, following Theresa May's resignation as PM over her push for a 'soft Brexit', but was knocked out in the first round of balloting in this summer's leadership race before backing former chancellor Rishi Sunak.
