Michael Gove recommended Rishi Sunak to replace Boris Johnson as Prime Minister andConservative leadershipLiz Truss, the frontrunner who blamed the critic, is taking a "vacation from reality" over the cost of living crisis.
Mr. Gove throws his weight behind the former prime minister who tried to call himself an "underdog" in Friday night's minutesto return to front-bench politics. said he had no expectations – he was the longest-serving minister in the cabinet but was fired after personally telling the prime minister to step down.
"It has been the privilege of my life to have been able to spend 11 years in the Cabinet under three prime ministers," Gove said in The Times. I am writing to And Rishi has it.
Mr Gove defended Mr Sunak's tumultuous record as a low-tax Conservative Party, saying the tax increases he brought were "a result of Covid, not Rishi's inner preferences". The former prime minister insisted that "the strength of the nation serves the weakest".
Conversely, he said the Foreign Secretary's plan prioritized "stock options for FTSE 100 executives" over helping the poorest segments of society through an inflationary crisis.
As Mr. Truss suggests, "the answer to the cost of living crisis is not simply to deny more 'subsidies' and cut taxes," Gove said the plan to cut National Insurance would be It's going to be a layer advantage," he said. , and corporate tax changes apply to large companies, not small entrepreneurs.
"I doubt that protecting the stock options of FTSE 100 executives should take precedence over helping the poorest people in society, but it can be done when needed." It will never be the right priority," said Gove.
It's the right answer for the world we're in," he said, adding: Neglected, suppressed productivity and vulnerable people suffer the most.
YouGov's latest Tory poll puts Ms Truss on 66 points, ahead of Mr Sunak on 34 points,polling leader Sir John Curtis. told The Times on on Thursday that the foreign minister said his rivals would "have to foul in something spectacular" to win.
However, Mr. Gove lashed out at the "SW1 consensus" already won by Mr. Truss, writing:
His endorsement went public shortly after the leader's rivals left the stage at his GB News-sponsored Hastings event in Manchester. During the event, MC Alastair Stewart asked questions on topics such as crime, the NHS and crossing the channel. and party members.
Ms Truss condemned the idea of more "subsidies" to help households weather the cost of living crisis in favor of tax cuts, but Mr Sunak called it a "moral failure". Stigmatizing and providing direct financial assistance to the elderly and low-income people Hastings said he would provide to help with skyrocketing utility bills.
The former prime minister went on to say that wherever he went, he "won the debate" about tackling inflation, "was really helping the vulnerable this fall," claimed to be "responsible" for Mr Truss faced audience questions about warnings that her plans could cost her £50bn to the Treasury.
To back up his claim to be an "honest" politician, Mr. Sunak said that Mr. Truss' National Insurance Addressing an audience that supports the plan to abolish the rate hike, he said: I applaud the fact that we should abolish NHS tax collection and let children go into debt and pay their bills – I want to tell you you are wrong.
This event came after the Foreign Secretary was accused by Labor of showing "her true colors" in an unearthed 2009 paper. GP fees”, the abolition of universal child benefits, and the abolition of winter fuel payments.
When the hustings host tried to question Ms. Truss about the report, he mistakenly said it was written in her 2019,avoiding the question and joking. Told. GB News' high quality standards – it's not the BBC, it actually gets the facts right.
Ms Truss also reiterated her plan to lift the ban on new grammar schools, wanting everyone "nationwide" to have the option to enroll their child in a grammar school.
However, Ms Gove, a former secretary of education and BBC journalist, stressed that the grammar school's pledge was one of her plans, not a government priority. Evidence that they promote social mobility.
Snack's campaign welcomed Gove's endorsement, a spokesperson said: I desperately need it now.
Mr. Gove recently served as Level Up Secretary. He and Mr Johnson said Mr Gove had a "great s** **" after attacking the former Brexit ally by surprise that Mr Johnson was fit for the highest office, Mr Johnson surrendered.
But despite reports that several ministers lined up with Downing Street delegations to advise Mr Johnson to step down during the collapse of the government last month, Mr Johnson did has dramatically sacked Mr. Gove after personally speaking to the prime minister.
Additional report by PA
