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Battling gloomy opinion polls and mounting doubts, U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday promised skeptical voters, and his own Conservative Party, that he would make tough choices to "fundamentally change our country.” Two of his boldest plans in a speech to the party's annual conference — canceling a railway project that has already cost billions and proposing to ban smoking for the next generation — definitely caused ripples. Whether they translate into success for the right-of-center party in an election next year is another question. Opinion polls in recent weeks have put the left-of-center opposition Labour Party 15 to 20 points ahead. Sunak told hundreds of party members packed into a Manchester conference hall that he's not afraid to make big decisions that will deliver “long-term success” rather than “short-term advantage.” As Sunak expresses a commitment to change Britain over the long haul, FRANCE 24's Mark Owen is joined by
Britain's former prime minister Boris Johnson leaves his home as he readies himself to re-enter the bear pit of parliamentary inquisition for a grilling about "Partygate" that could decide his political future. Voters' anger at the scandal about serial partying at Downing Street, in breach of Covid lockdown laws, was one backdrop to the collapse of his government in a wave of ministerial resignations. IMAGES
UK former PM Boris Johnson's political future could be decided when he appears before a committee over allegations he knowingly misled parliament over COVID-19 lockdown allegations
In the town of Edenbridge, Kent, southeast England, a giant effigy of former UK prime minister Liz Truss is torched as the "Celebrity Guy" on Britain's annual bonfire night celebrations. Edenbridge has poked fun at famous figures for more than 20 years, torching effigies of them alongside the traditional Guy Fawkes.
France 24’s London correspondent Benedicte Paviot reports from 10 Downing Street, where new British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Tuesday blamed his predecessor Liz Truss for “mistakes” he vowed to fix in his first public comments as leader of the country.
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