Tories Have Run Out Of Time To Oust Rishi Sunak: Suella Braverman

Former UK home minister Suella Braverman said that Rishi Sunak should take responsibility for his party’s recent defeat in the local elections. (Image: Reuters)

Former UK home minister Suella Braverman has said the Tories have run out of time to remove Rishi Sunak and said that the UK Prime Minister and leader of the Tories needs to “own this and fix it” as the party was handed a major defeat in the local elections.

The defeat indicates that the UK could be headed for a Labour government.

“(His) plan is not working. At this rate we will be lucky to have any Conservative MPs at the next election,” Braverman was quoted as saying by the BBC.

“I’m urging the prime minister to change course, to reflect on what voters are telling us and change the plan and the way that he’s communicating and leading us,” she said.

“We don’t have enough time and it’s impossible for anyone new to change our fortunes. There’s no superman or superwoman out there. Rishi Sunak has been leading us for 18 months. These are consequences of his decisions. He needs to own this and therefore he needs to fix it,” she further added.

The Tories lost 400 council seats in the local elections. People within the party believe that the party should move towards the centre of the political spectrum because the party faces challenges from those within the left of the political spectrum and not the right.

“The thing everyone should take from Birmingham and the West Midlands tonight is this brand of moderative, inclusive, tolerant conservatism, that gets on and delivered, has come within an ace of beating the Labour party in what they considered to be their backyard – that’s the message from here tonight,” a mayor who lost his seat to the Labour party said.

Braverman also said Sunak is “Conservative enough” and that due to the defeat many of her fellow party members were “privately demoralised”.

Labour increased their seat count by approximately 180, surpassing 1,100 overall, while the Lib Dems saw a gain of 100 seats, reaching around 520 councillors. Conversely, the Conservatives experienced a loss of about 470 seats, declining to approximately 513 councillors. This resulted in the Conservatives being outperformed by the Lib Dems, according to preliminary results. Labour secured mayoral victories in the East Midlands, North East, and York and North Yorkshire, which includes Sunak’s constituency.