MP, Leader of the Labour
Party, responding to Liz Truss’ resignation, said:
“The Conservative Party has shown it no longer has a mandate to
govern.
“After 12 years of Tory failure, the British people deserve so
much better than this revolving door of chaos. In the last few
years, the Tories have set record-high taxation, trashed our
institutions and created a cost-of-living crisis. Now, they have
crashed the economy so badly that people are facing £500 a month
extra on their mortgages. The damage they have done will take
years to fix.
“Each one of these crises was made in Downing Street but paid for
by the British public. Each one has left our country weaker and
worse off.
“The Tories cannot respond to their latest shambles by yet again
simply clicking their fingers and shuffling the people at the top
without the consent of the British people. They do not have a
mandate to put the country through yet another experiment;
Britain is not their personal fiefdom to run how they wish.
“The British public deserve a proper say on the country's future.
They must have the chance to compare the Tories’ chaos with
Labour’s plans to sort out their mess, grow the economy for
working people and rebuild the country for a fairer, greener
future. We must have a chance at a fresh start. We need a general
election - now.”
