No one voted for Rishi Sunak. We need a General Election- now.

Just 7 weeks ago I was writing at the beginning of Liz Truss’ time as Prime Minister detailing how she was not on the side of working people and that her economic claims did not add up. Fast forward to today and those claims have been proven right and we somehow find ourselves with Rishi Sunak as the third Tory Prime Minister in a couple of months.

Over the last 12 years we have seen Tory failure after Tory failure and we now find ourselves in the midst of an unprecedented cost of living crisis. As Chancellor Rishi Sunak failed to grow the economy, failed to get a grip on inflation, and failed to help families with the Tory cost of living crisis. Appointed him as an unelected Prime Minister is not the answer.

He claims his government will have “integrity, professionalism and accountability” but we cannot forget that Rishi Sunak was also found to have broken the law and lied to the British public for attending parties in Downing Street at the height of lockdown. This does not sound like integrity, professionalism and accountability to me.

During the summer’s leadership election (which he lost) Rishi Sunak bragged about taking funding away from areas like Chadderton, Oldham & Royton that need it most in favour of giving more money to wealthy rural areas. This is proof that he and his government will not prioritise working people. Instead, we will have more of the same where the already wealthy are put first and working people are left to pay the price.

We saw from the Conservatives’ disastrous mini budget the consequences of prioritising tax cuts for the rich over economic security. Rishi Sunak and his family have previously avoided paying their fair share of tax in this country while simultaneously raising taxes for working people. There is clearly no mandate for this.

The country needs a fresh start and the public deserve a say on what that fresh start looks like. We need a general election now in order to bring in a Labour government that will provide strong leadership and put working people first.