The comments made by Nadine Dorries, the Conservative MP for Mid Bedfordshire, on Twitter on 17 October 2022.
There is no unity candidate.
No one has enough support.
Only one MP has a mandate from party members and from the British public – a mandate with an 80 seat majority. Boris Johnson.
The choices are simple – back Liz, if not bring back Boris or face a GE within weeks.
The comments made by Alison Thewliss, the SNP MP for Glasgow Central, on Twitter on 17 October 2022.
Such a massive contrast between the First Minister spending an hour and fifteen minutes presenting the case for independence and taking questions from a range of journalists, and the Prime Minister barely able to form a sentence, taking only four questions before scuttling off.
The comments made by Liz Kendall, the Labour MP for Leicester West, on Twitter on 17 October 2022.
How can Truss remain when everything she stands for is gone? And – crucially – where is the mandate for what the Tories are now proposing? Why should my constituents pay the price for the economic damage this Tory Govt has caused? Untenable. Undemocratic. Unforgivable.
The comments made by Tim Farron, the Liberal Democrat MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale, on 17 October 2022.
Let’s be clear: this emergency statement is not in response to an external crisis, a war, a pandemic or global energy prices – it’s in response to the ongoing crisis in the Conservative Government.
It also speaks volume about the Conservatives’ total disregard for rural communities like ours in Cumbria, that one of the only things that hasn’t been axed from the mini budget is the cut in stamp duty – a measure which will fuel excessive second home ownership and the Airbnb boom that is turning our communities into ghost towns and ejecting local families.
This chaos cannot be allowed to go on for any longer – it’s time for a General Election.
The comments made by Therese Coffey, the Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on Twitter on 16 October 2022.
There have been inaccurate reports we are changing free hospital car parking. We have delivered our manifesto pledge to provide free parking for those who need it most at all NHS trusts. This will not change. #ABCD is about putting patients first and I’m determined to deliver it.
The comments made by Keir Starmer, the Leader of the Opposition, on Twitter on 16 October 2022.
Since I set out our plans to grow the economy, the Tories have got through 4 Chancellors.
Our Green Prosperity Plan will create a million good jobs. And we’ll deliver GB energy, a home-grown energy company.
Labour will build the future Britain deserves.
The comments made by Mims Davies, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding, on Twitter on 14 October 2022.
Today was a hard day-absolutely no easy ones in todays frontline politics where its more frenetic than ever. Its right PM Liz Truss acted to move for calm and I support her in this. We Conservatives must push on to deliver for our communities & grow the economy in such tough times
The comments made by James Heappey, the Minister for the Armed Forces, on Twitter on 14 October 2022.
Great to be in Somerset today where lots of constituents have wanted PM to take decisive action to reassure markets. No point pretending this was all as it should’ve been but PM has done right thing. Now we must focus on driving growth at home and standing squarely behind Ukraine.
The comments made by Kemi Badenoch, the Secretary of State for International Trade, on Twitter on 14 October 2022.
To say it’s been a difficult day would be an understatement. We knew the scale of the challenge this autumn given multiple global headwinds would be unprecedented. Our Prime Minister is working flat out to get the country through these turbulent times. She has my full support.
The comments made by Robert Buckland, the Secretary of State for Wales, on Twitter on 14 October 2022.
Our priorities are to do the right thing by acting in our national interest to tackle the energy crisis, to grow our economy and to continue to rise to the challenge of Putin’s war in Ukraine.