Some Tory MPs mooting replacing Truss as prime minister: party insider

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LONDON – Embattled British Prime Minister Liz Truss faced fresh woes today after a prominent Conservative party insider said some of her own MPs were considering pushing for two of her former rivals to replace her.

“All sorts of different people are talking about all sorts of different things because the Conservative backbenchers are casting around for a possible replacement for (finance minister) Kwasi Kwarteng, even for a possible replacement for Liz Truss,” Paul Goodman told the BBC.

The former Tory MP, who is editor of the influential ConservativeHome blog, said that less than 40 days into her prime ministership “all sorts of names are being thrown about” to replace the beleaguered leader.

They included former finance minister Rishi Sunak, who stood against Truss for the leadership of the Tory Party and “even Boris Johnson”, who she replaced as prime minister and party leader early last month.

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