The UK is in a major political crisis. Liz Truss resigned after only a month and a half as prime minister.
About Channel 24Bogdan Tsyupin, a Voice of America journalist from London, said. He noted that the rosy promises made in Britain before Brexit turned out to be unrealistic. in short, we can start reviewing the political problems in the UK from September, when the financial plan was announced – the so-called mini-budget. But many commentators in Britain and Europe point out that the actual counting should start from 2016, i.e. Brexit.
That is, when the country left the European Union under the slogans of the British Conservative Party, which, according to many critics of the British government, are unrealistic, the journalist said.
He noted that some even use a tougher word. Many commentators, in particular, say that all the promises that were supposed to come true and turn the UK into Singapore on the Thames were outright lies.
Why the referendum on Brexit was announced
Qiuping said that the Conservative Party has always had a very powerful Eurosceptic wing. Britain, and the Conservatives in particular, were feverishly arguing that the country would be much better off outside the EU.
According to him, then-Prime Minister David Cameron and his allies preferred to call a referendum in which they would explain everything and say that what Britain really needs is the EU, and the population will vote to stay in the EU.
He appears to have been campaigning against leaving the EU. But he miscalculated, because there were sentiments against the European Union, the temptation of rosy, rosy promises, sounded, in particular, from Boris Johnson, who is very good at presenting his position to voters. – the journalist noted.
He noticed that these promises remained rosy and rosy. There's a lot of discussion going on in Britain right now about getting Brexit right.
Qiuping explained when political problems began in the UK: watch the video
What is the incompatibility of the chosen economic path
that many commentators believe that Britain cannot follow such an economic path. Because there is a very serious gap, which is that the British conservatives are very into the US and want free enterprise and as little regulation as possible.
But British voters also want the UK to be like America, to be cheap and well developed. But they also want free medical care, cheap education, good pensions – something that the United States does not have, he stressed.
And this, he noted, is the incompatibility. After all, it is impossible to have a Singaporean or American-style economy and at the same time expect social protection, which is, for example, in Sweden, Germany or even France. Britain: what is known
- In the UK on September 5, a new prime minister was announced. She became Liz Truss.
- The next day, September 6, Boris Johnson handed over the post of Prime Minister of Great Britain to Liz Truss. He left the residence of the head of government.
- On October 20, British Prime Minister Liz Truss announced her decision to resign. She resigned in the second month of her premiership.
