Friday 3 February 2023

What does it feel to be Prime Minister of 100 days in UK?

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak marks 100 days in 10 Downing Street on Thursday, February 2,2023 pleading to restore trust, confidence, and integrity in politics.But how does it feel to be first among equals as Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Mr Sunak’s premiership began on October 25,2022 after former Prime Minister Liz Truss resigned after just six weeks. He was the runner-up in the summer Tory leadership race and was the only candidate to receive 100 supporting MPs in the second contest. Despite support among the Tory party,he has no public mandate,many state. "The Southampton-born former investment banker had served as an MP for his Yorkshire constituency of Richmond since 2015 and been a cabinet member for two years before becoming the youngest British Prime Minister in over 200 years and the first of Asian descent." The most pressing issue upon entering office was to stabilise the economy after Ms Truss left it in a volatile state, wiping £30 billion from it in less than three months. Alongside his Chancellor Jeremy Hunt, Mr Sunak has lowered inflation, despite it remaining high, and worked to increase growth and get public finances back on a sustainable path. Mr Sunak promised to clear up Tory sleaze but has still been faced with several issues. Last week Mr Sunak sacked his Party Chairman Nadhim Zahawi over his tax affairs after an independent investigation. Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab is also the subject of a formal investigation into bullying". He also pledged to unite the Conservative Party,when asked,but there are rumblings within and outside. Politics and Position in Britain Many feel the position of Prime Minister of Great Britain is a poisoned chalice? Economically, the UK is viewed by some abroad "less a poisoned chalice and more a poisoned barrel". By some metrics, the UK is already in recession with a massive hole gaping in its public finances. Soaring inflation is hitting the public and the Bank of England has raised interest rates to keep pace with the US Federal Reserve from 3.5% to 4% on 2 February, to bring inflation down to its official target of 2%. But it is a far cry as inflation in in double figures today and not expected to come down until December 2023. Higher energy costs are starting to hit households in the winter. Meanwhile, there is nationwide industrial unrest, including in postal services and transport, nurses, ambulance drivers, doctors, even Civil Servants. Like many fellow Conservatives, Sunak is suspicious of China. He considers it “the biggest threat, more than Russia” to the UK and has called for the shutdown of Confucius Institutes in Britain. Whether he will prosecute policies against the world’s No 2 economy as Prime Minister remains to be seen. With the public showing signs of weariness after 13 years of Conservative Governments,voters know P.M.Rishi Sunak was never going to solve all the problems he inherited in UK within 100 days. Should the policies he has introduced in his time as Prime Minister,on the economy,health and immigration bear fruit, he may be able to tell voters next year that he is a man who meets his promises. But,whether these policies succeed remains to be seen.But, Prime Ministers cannot alweays set the political weather. Being Prime Minister is many feel a stepping stone to returning to United States at some forseeable future as he is quite young.Meanwhile, Boris Johnson, is watching and waiting in the wings to take the "empire" if and when it becomes vacant. Victor Cherubim S