Liz Truss’ departure as Prime Minister is the latest shambles in the line of 12 years of Tory failure. They have created a cost-of-living crisis and crashed the economy in Downing Street with working people facing record high levels of taxation, sky high bills for food, fuel and energy and £500 extra on their mortgage bills.
People in Chadderton, Oldham & Royton are paying the price for Tory chaos. They deserve far better than this. The answer to this crisis is not another Tory Prime Minister appointed without the consent of the British people- there is no mandate for this.
We even have speculation that the disgraced former Prime Minister Boris Johnson is going to throw his hat into the ring- this is the same man who just months ago was declared unfit for office by his own party.
What we need for Chadderton, Oldham & Royton and the country as a whole is a fresh start. People deserve a say on the direction the country is headed at this critical moment- Labour have a plan to sort out this Tory mess and to do so in a way that prioritises growing the economy and puts forward a new deal for working people. The only way we can rebuild towards a fairer, greener future is with a general election- now.
Jim McMahon OBE MP 