United Kingdom: Rishi Sunak sets the tone for his first face-to-face with the opposition in Parliament
New Prime Minister Rishi Sunak outside the British Parliament on October 26, 2022. AP - Jessica Taylor
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The new head of the British government chaired his first Council of Ministers on Wednesday morning, before facing the opposition for the weekly session of questions to the Prime Minister.
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With our correspondent in London,
Émeline Vin
There was so much enthusiasm on the Conservative benches when
Rishi Sunak
arrived that the Speaker of the House cried out, "
Let's not break the furniture!"
".
But from the start, opposition leader Keir Starmer denounced the appointment of Suella Braverman to the Interior, who had resigned a week earlier for having broken the security code.
“
On the steps of Downing Street yesterday, the Prime Minister promised integrity, professionalism and accountability.
And right after, he appointed a home secretary who had been fired a week earlier because she deliberately circulated confidential information with a personal account
,” the Labor Party leader said.
“
The Minister of the Interior made an error of judgment, but she recognized it and made it known.
She recognized her mistake!
“, then replied Rishi Sunak.
Among the few questions about his program, Rishi Sunak hinted that he would not reauthorize hydraulic fracturing.
Above all, he had to answer for his promises of “compassion” when he enjoys a fortune of more than 800 million euros.
“
My background shows it: when times are tough, in this country, I will always protect the most vulnerable.
It is one of the values of our party, full of compassion.
We did it during the Covid and we would do it again
, ”assured the new Prime Minister.
In a relaxed atmosphere more seen for months in Westminster, Rishi Sunak was smiling, much more comfortable than during his speech on Tuesday.
He promised a government of talents and skills.
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