Starmer demands general election as he slams ‘delusional’ Truss

Keir Starmer calls for general election at TUC congress

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Sir Keir Starmer has demanded a General Election now, hitting out at “delusional” and “insulting” Prime Minister Liz Truss. Speaking at the Tade Unions Congress Conference, the Labour leader said: “They can dance around and u-turn, they can sack this Chancellor or the Prime Minister, but the damage is done and they did it. They crashed the British economy, and for what? To show they were on the side of the richest one percent.

“Britain cannot afford the chaos fo the conservatives any more. We need a general election now.”

Criticising Ms Truss’ Government, he added: “It’s delusional, its insulting”.

Sir Keir continued: “She doesn’t care about the distribution of wealth in Britain, she hasn’t U-turned on that.

“Working people will not be better off if we make the rich richer.”

He promised to “strengthen the role of trade unions in our society”, in order to make an economy which is “strong for working people”.

This comes as Ms Truss continues to battle for her survival, as her premiership appears to be on the brink of collapse

Dozens of Tory MPs are understood to have submitted letters of no confidence in their leader.

However, party rules currently mean that a vote of confidence cannot be held until the Prime Minister has been in charge for 12 months.

Sir Graham Brady, chair of the 1922 committee, is holding a crunch meeting with officers on the committee to discuss Ms Truss’s future.

One Cabinet minister supportive of the Prime Minister told The Times: “It’s terminal, the rancour in the parliamentary party is too much. She can’t recover from this.”

Meanwhile, Tory MP Simon Hoare told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that Ms Truss has just “12 hours” to save her job.

He added: “I think today and tomorrow are crunch days. I have never known – OK, I’ve only been an MP for seven years – but a growing sense of pessimism in all wings of the Tory party.

“Usually it’s one or the other, but to have it across the party should be ringing alarm bells in both Number 10 and Number 11.”

Sir Keir’s latest intervention is the second time he has called for her immediate resignation in two days.

Yesterday at PMQs, he called for her to quit, asking: “Why is she still here?”

Ms Truss hit back, telling MPs: “I am a fighter, not a quitter.”

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