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Richmond politicians demand General Election as Truss resigns

By Rory Poulter   20th Oct 2022

Politicians across Richmond are demanding an immediate General Election with the shock resignation of Liz Truss.

The borough is a Lib-Dem stronghold with control of the Council and two MPs and the electoral maths suggest the Tories would have zero chance of claiming a seat.

The leader of the Council, Gareth Roberts, welcomed the news of the PM's resignation saying: "Good. She should never have had the job in the first place.

"But now is not the time for a leadership election, the time has come for a General Election now!"

The Richmond Park MP, Sarah Olney, said: "The Liz Truss resignation changes nothing. The only way out of this mess is a General Election."

Twickenham MP, Munira Wilson, joined the clamour for an election, saying: "General Election now."

The Lib-Dem leader and Kingston MP, Ed Davey, said: "We don't need another Conservative Prime Minister lurching from crisis to crisis.

"We need a General Election now and the Conservatives out of power."

Lib-Dem councillor, James Chard, said: "It's perfectly clear (even, surely, to their remaining supporters) that the Conservatives just can't form a functioning Government which can claim a mandate.

"The idea that this could go on … is ludicrous."

     

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