After another tough week during her short term as the nation’s leader, Prime Minister Liz Truss will face questions in the House of Commons today. The Prime Minister will face questions for the first time since the new chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, reversed significant aspects of the mini-budget prepared by Kwasi Kwarteng.
PMQs are an opportunity for members of parliament to address the Prime Minister on matters about the government. With daily pressure growing on Ms Truss and Labour’s lead in the polls continuing to increase, it seems that today’s questioning will be another defining moment in her leadership.
Numerous party members are concerned about her ability to rise to the occasion and feel a substandard performance will revive calls for her resignation.
This “moment of crisis,” according to a senior Labour source, should be used by the opposition.
As with Johnson, one could see the loss of a prime minister’s influence on the Labour side.
In January, former cabinet member David Davis publicly demanded the resignation of Mr Johnson at PMQs. And just minutes ago, Bury South Member of Parliament Christian Wakeford switched from the Conservatives to the Labour Party, inflicting another body blow to a struggling prime minister.
Before being forced out of Downing Street by a wave of resignations from his cabinet, Mr Johnson clung to power for six months through a political and leadership crisis. He said in his resignation speech, “When the herd moves, the herd moves.”
The prime minister’s reputation has been seriously harmed over the last week, so today’s PMQs will undoubtedly be an important test for him. However, this is just the first of many tests she must pass. The Prime Minister and No. 10 are now trying their best to survive each new day.
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