Lichfield’s MP says he feels “very sad” for Liz Truss after her resignation.
The Prime Minister has stepped down after just 44 days in office.
Conservative MP Michael Fabricant said a range of factors had come together to create a difficult position for the outgoing resident at Number 10.
“I feel very sad for Liz Truss who became Prime Minister at such a difficult time.
“She inherited rising interest rates worldwide, a £40billion pound hole in our finances following on from furlough payments and other expenditure arising from Covid, and a war in Europe where the UK has played a major part in the supply of equipment and training.
“But she could have survived had it not been for Kwarsi Kwarteng’s grand experiment of his mini-budget. The reversal of her economic policies caused her to lose the confidence of many in the Parliamentary Conservative Party and the country.”
Michael Fabricant
Labour and other parties have demanded a General Election in the wake of the latest departure from Downing Street.
But Mr Fabricant – who previously heralded the arrival of Liz Truss as good news for the country and the region – said that such a move was “not in our constitution”.
“Last summer I told the House of Commons in a debate with the then Prime Minister Boris Johnson that ‘I believe the Conservative party was making the same mistake forcing Boris to resign as Labour did when they ‘knifed’ Tony Blair.
“I think many of my colleagues will now be regretting their moves against Boris.
“But we must move swiftly forward to stabilise the nation and the economy for the benefit of the British people. We need stability not turbulence.
“I hope a new Prime Minister will be appointed shortly. However, I feel it essential that the membership of the Conservative party have a say in this, not just the MPs.
“Of course, I know that Labour is calling for a General Election but Starmer knows full well that when Labour Prime Minister Wilson was replaced by Callaghan and Blair by Brown, it did not trigger a General Election as that is not in our constitution.”
Michael Fabricant
Couple of things in Mr Fabricant’s statement which need to be challenged. As he did in an earlier statement he blames Kwasi Kwarteng for the mini budget fiasco, but it was Liz Truss who was in ultimate control as PM and her clearly stated policy. Secondly the precedence he quotes for not holding a general election whilst constitutionally correct completely hides the fact that we are on our third Tory PM who was elected by their own party first. We are in the midst of a major economic crisis and they are just playing deckchairs on the Titantic. When Blair left it was done in a relatively orderly fashion and not the car crash we have seen in the last few days. It’s also sad to see his slavish allegiance to Boris too. I am sure most Lichfield voters have had their fill of his ludicrous defences of Boris which have made us a laughing stock. Bring on a general election and let the people decide who should run this country rather than the Tory party members. Interesting little fact is that The Tories have international members in other countries who can vote in their leadership contests but are not eligible to vote in UK elections. No mention of any of that of course.
In view of his appalling record as our MP, and his toadying defence of whoever is in power, will Fabricant follow Truss’s lead and resign?
Pity he doesn’t feel sorry for people who need his help in Lichfield.
Never known a more useless MP.
There’s no reason to feel sorry for Liz Truss. She wanted the job and spent longer participating in the process to get it than she’s lasted doing it. She knew exactly who she was making Chancellor as both of them are authors of Britannia Unchained. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britannia_Unchained
The mistake the Conservatives made with getting Boris Johnson to resign was to wait so long. A panel of judges unanimously deciding he had unlawfully prorogued Parliament should have been the end of him.
Apparently, a job in Aston has just become available for Liz Truss
The latest report on the NHS from the Care Quality Commission confims what we have suspected for some time. The NHS is gridlocked, with waiting times for hospital beds and ambulances at ridiculous levels. Staff shortages and historic under investment are the main reasons, with hospital discharges delayed by a shortage of aftercare in the community. Our NHS, once the envy of the world, is in deep crisis. And what are the Tories doing? Squabbling amongst themselves as to which muppet will be the next PM. Do I feel sorry for Liz Truss? No, I feel sorry for all the people failed by this appalling government.
Fabricant feels sad for her having played a bad hand badly? From whom did she ‘inherit’ the mess? The same government of which she has been a cabinet minister for 10 years.