ousted british prime minister

 　　Former Prime Minister Johnson withdrew from the election wisely, and the leader of the Conservative Party in the House of Commons, Mordaunt, also withdrew at the last minute. Sunak won the post of Conservative Party leader as he wished in the "make-up exam" on October 24, and then succeeded Truss in the election. Main 10 Downing Street. At the same time, he also became the first Indian prime minister in British history and the first non-white prime minister.

　　"My son has experienced 4 chancellors of the exchequer, 3 ministers of the interior, 2 prime ministers and 2 monarchs. And he is only 4 months old." British Sky News reporter Alan McGuinness on October 20 on social media On the platform, they ridiculed the farce in the British political arena before.

　　The shortest-term Prime Minister Truss in British history, the day before his resignation on October 20, he still vowed in the House of Commons: "I am a fighter, not a deserter." Around that time, she personally messaged her close allies, revealing that she was ending the "game."

　　At a cabinet meeting before resigning the next day, Truss told cabinet members: Politics is a bloody sport, and she was the prey this time.

Party members collectively force the palace

　　From the day Truss came to power, some people predicted that she would be a "short-lived prime minister". On September 23, the "mini-budget" bill introduced became a reminder for the Truss cabinet. On the same day, the exchange rate of the pound sterling, the British stock market and the national debt were "triple killed", and the exchange rate of the pound sterling fell to the lowest point in the past 37 years.

　　Public opinion for Truss and the Conservative Party was hit hard. Her own support rate dropped sharply to 10%, and the Conservative Party's support rate was led by the Labor Party by nearly 30%, setting a new record.

　　Truss finally tasted the pain of his predecessor Johnson being besieged by his colleagues. More than two months ago, Johnson, who was deeply involved in an ethics scandal, survived a no-confidence motion launched by the opposition party in parliament, but he was forced to resign as prime minister under the protest of the resignation of more than 50 members of the same party government.

　　Today's Truss, like Johnson, declared at the beginning that he would not step down. However, under the pressure of his party members, he finally had no choice but to leave. In fact, according to the rules, the Conservative Prime Minister has a "government protection period" in his first year in office-during this period, the no-confidence motion initiated by Conservative MPs against Truss is invalid.

　　Despite this, those congressmen humiliated Truss through various means and forced her to resign automatically. According to British media, more than 100 Conservative MPs intend to write to the "1922 Committee" to express their distrust of Truss, which is an institution that oversees the election of the Conservative Party and the removal of the party leader.

　　In addition, before Truss announced her resignation, at least 13 members of the party publicly called for her resignation. Her interior secretary, Braverman, also abruptly resigned just days after Truss fired Chancellor Kwatten, who was in charge of launching the "mini-budget".

　　On the day of his resignation, he fired at Truss, criticizing her for "breaking a key promise to voters." That night, a controversial fracking proposal by Truss made it through parliament, also facing strong opposition from members of his own party. The voting scene was full of bullying, shouting and pushing. This seemed to be the last straw that broke the Truss cabinet.

　　Conservative politicians are notoriously ruthless, and abandoning leaders is a traditional feature of them. Over the years, Cameron, who opposed Brexit, Theresa, who failed to complete Brexit, and Johnson, who was deeply involved in scandals, all stepped down early under the collective pressure of party members.

　　Conservative politicians are notoriously ruthless, and abandoning leaders is a traditional feature of them.

On October 2, 2022, in Birmingham, England, then Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwatten and then Prime Minister Truss attended the opening ceremony of the Conservative Party's annual conference

Subordinates turn back

　　The tax cut plan launched by Truss, who admired Mrs. Thatcher, was actually similar to the former tax cut policy back then. However, their fate is to be forced to leave office early under the pressure of their party members.

　　On November 28, 1990, Mrs. Thatcher and her husband Dennis bid farewell to No. 10 Downing Street. When leaving in a car, the photographer captured the scene of Mrs. Thatcher crying through the car window. Eight days before her resignation, she also said, "I will continue to fight, and I will fight for victory."

　　At the end of a "wonderful 11½ years", Mrs Thatcher weathered a storm from within her party. On November 1, 1990, Geoffrey Howe, who had served the longest in Thatcher's cabinet, suddenly resigned and encouraged Mrs. Thatcher's most senior opponent, Michael Heseltine, to challenge the female prime minister.

　　Jeffrey Howe's move undoubtedly triggered a domino effect. Heseltine used to be Margaret Thatcher's important minister, but after he resigned as Defense Secretary in 1986, he has been on the front line against Margaret Thatcher.

　　Although Mrs Thatcher won Heseltine in the following party vote, she received far fewer votes than expected - not having a 15% lead and needing to go to a second round, severely weakening the Her authority as party leader.

　　Mrs. Thatcher was not abandoned by voters, but was forced to retreat collectively by her subordinates.

British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher leaves 10 Downing Street on the night of her resignation, November 22, 1990

　　Mrs Thatcher held a series of private one-on-one meetings with cabinet members ahead of the second round of voting to ask them what they thought of her staying in office. However, the results of the talks surprised her, and her subordinates unanimously persuaded her to resign voluntarily. They believe Mrs Thatcher will not be able to lead them to a fourth general election under the influence of anti-European policies and the poll tax. At that time, the "Guardian" commented: "This series of meetings of Mrs. Thatcher amounted to 'a cabinet rebellion'. Even her own ministers did not support her. She had no choice but to resign.

　　" After Mrs. Thatcher left Downing Street, a research institute called MORI conducted a poll. As a result, 52% of the respondents believed that, "Generally, Mrs. Thatcher contributed a lot to the development of Britain."

　　Mrs. Thatcher was not only the longest serving Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since the 20th century, but also led the United Kingdom out of the predicament through tax cuts during her tenure, led the United Kingdom to win the Falklands War in 1982, and led the Conservative Party to win three consecutive general elections. Mrs. Thatcher was not abandoned by voters, but was forced to retreat collectively by her subordinates.

　　In the second year after her resignation, Mrs. Thatcher received an unprecedented standing ovation from the audience at the Conservative Party Conference, but she declined to speak on stage, perhaps because of chills, or because she saw through the hypocrisy of politics.

Heroes rise from internal strife

　　In the middle of the night on May 7, 1940, in the Parliament Building, the voices of "Resign, man! Resign!" were heard endlessly, and some even rolled the documents in their hands into dagger-like shapes, and slammed Chamberlain who was sitting at the debate table.

　　These MPs accused Prime Minister Chamberlain of making a big mistake in appeasement of Hitler. But they seem to have forgotten that when Chamberlain went to sign the "Munich Agreement", he received the support of 70% of the British public opinion. Few of the lawmakers who scolded Chamberlain could have foreseen World War II.

　　Behind this collective forced palace, Churchill was the promoter; only 3 days later, Churchill took over as prime minister.

British Conservative politician and Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain with his secretary and future Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home on the steps of 10 Downing Street after the declaration of war on 3 September 1939

Churchill greets the crowd during his visit to Woodford, July 7, 1945

　　In fact, judging from past experience, almost no one understands the helplessness and pain of being excluded and isolated in the party better than Churchill. Before reaching the top, Churchill once left the Conservative Party and joined the Liberal Party because of being excluded.

　　In March 1904, when Churchill gave a speech on the issue of tariffs in the House of Commons, in order to embarrass Churchill, Conservative Party leader and Prime Minister Arthur Balfour led the Conservative Party MPs to leave the venue.

　　But Churchill was not innocent either. In December 1903, at the Conservative Party's Tariff Fortress Policy Debate, Churchill lashed out: "Thank God we still have a Liberal Party." Later, he often referred to himself as an "Independent Conservative". In May 1904, Churchill became a Liberal member of the House of Commons with his cousin Ivor Guest. In 1905, Churchill was formally disqualified from membership by the Conservative Party.

　　During his 20 years in the Liberal Party, Churchill did not have smooth sailing. At one time, the Liberal Party, which was counting on a coalition to form a cabinet, demoted Churchill to an obscure official position in May 1915 in order to please the Conservative Party.

　　Churchill complained to his friends: "I am the victim of a political conspiracy." In the seven years since his return to politics, Churchill's relationship with the Liberal Party has worsened. Especially during the Soviet Civil War, Churchill's support for the White Army led to his break with the then Prime Minister of the Liberal Party, Lloyd George.

　　From 1922 to 1924, in less than two years, Churchill represented the Liberal Party in the election three times, all of which ended in failure. He is said to have had little support in the Liberal cabinet or the Liberal Party as a whole. Churchill once said humorously that in the Liberal Party, he had no office, no seat, and no party.

　　Lloyd George once commented on Churchill: "His ambition put him above professional advisers, and his record is a series of terrible defeats." In 1924, after a series of election defeats, Churchill rejoined the Conservative Party, After that, he sat on the bench for 15 years. It was not until the outbreak of World War II in 1939 that he was invited by Chamberlain to join the cabinet as the first Secretary of the Navy.

　　When Chamberlain was asked why Churchill was not included in the cabinet when he came to power in 1937, he said that at that time, in addition to being afraid of Churchill's "warlike" thinking, he also worried that his cabinet would be dominated by Churchill.

　　In the 1920s and 1930s, after the great trauma caused by World War I, British society and elites generally felt war-weary. Churchill's "militant" thinking is alien in the eyes of most people. They prefer Chamberlain, who was born as a businessman, because the economic policies promised by the latter, such as jobs and public rental housing, are very attractive to them.

　　Some people say that if there is no war, Churchill may only be a second-rate politician; if there is no war, Churchill has long been lost in the fierce party struggle.

　　Party struggle is a chronic disease that cannot be avoided in party politics. As the pioneers of Western party politics, British politicians have played party battles to perfection. Perhaps in their eyes, factionalism is a necessary evil.