Rishi Sunak took aim at Liz Truss during his first address to the nation as prime minister saying "mistakes were made" while she was in office.
Andy Burnham says it's 'very hard to see' Liz Truss surviving and that Tories have 'forfeited the right to govern'
20.10.2022 - 14:05 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, has said the Conservative Party has 'forfeited the right to govern' and it's 'very hard to see how' Prime Minister Liz Truss will survive.
The PM was battling to save her job today after a chaotic 24 hours which saw the Home Secretary, Suella Braverma, step down for breaching the ministerial code ahead of dramatic scenes in Parliament as Tory MPs were ordered to vote against a fracking ban.
Mr Burnham spoke as Labour leader, Sir Keir Starmer, called for a general election 'now' in a speech at the annual TUC conference being held in Brighton.
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"Britain deserves better, Britain cannot afford the chaos of the Conservatives any more, we need a general election now," said Mr Starmer. "Never again can Britain take seriously their claim to be a party of aspiration or sound money. Last night in Parliament, even by their standards, a new chaotic low."
Mr Burnham told BBC Radio Manchester in his weekly phone-in the current situation was 'unsustainable' for Prime Minister Liz Truss.
He said: "I think they have forfeited the right to govern. I think they have got to look themselves in the mirror today, all of them and ask themselves does the Conservative Party have what it takes to govern this country through a cost of living crisis because I think the answer is clearly, no.
"They have not got the stability, the unity to be a functioning government." Asked whether Ms Truss would 'survive', he replied: "It's very hard to see how. We are in a cost of living crisis and you've got utter meltdown in national Government."
Mr Burnham said he 'honestly can not see how this can last' and, asked
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