After he called the mini-budgets of Prime Minister David Cameron a mistake, conservative MPs told Joe Biden that he should be at ease.
Biden’s comments were made while visiting an Ice Cream Parlour. Biden was also asked by journalists about Liz Truss’s latest U-turn on the Plan to Froze Corporation Tax.
A Conservative MP described the comments as “a diplomatic line that shouldn’t be crossed.”
According to the United States President, he said that, just like many other Americans, he was stunned by her mini-budget.
He told reporters: ‘Well, it’s predictable. He said, “It’s predictable.”
‘I think that the idea of cutting taxes on the super wealthy at a time when…anyway, I just think…I disagreed with the policy.
“But that’s upto Great Britain to make that judgement, not mine.
Joe Biden, who was visiting an ice-cream parlour just before midterm elections made these comments about the UK’s economic situation
Three Conservative MPs have already called Liz Truss for her resignation, only 40 days after becoming PM.
Craig Mackinlay said to The Telegraph that Biden’s comments were a ‘political boundary that should not be crossed.
Biden said that America’s economy was strong as hell, and that inflation was worse elsewhere than the United States.
“The problem is not our economic growth, but the inability to implement sound policies and economic growth in other countries.
Presently, a number of Tory MPs have criticized Mr Biden’s intervention.
Andrew Bridgen is the North West Leicestershire MP who demanded Truss’ resignation last night. He wrote in blog: “Some people did not predict the outcome. [Truss’s] mini-Budget in advance – but I don’t recall Joe Biden being one of them.
“The fact President Biden is joining the pile-on will not do anything but accelerate her fast approaching departure at Number 10.
Craig Mackinlay, the Tory MP for South Thanet, told The Telegraph: ‘From President Obama weighing in on the Brexit debate in 2016, probably at the request of Downing Street at the time, US presidential interventions into UK politics is a diplomatic line that should never be crossed and rarely ends well.
I expect that he would have felt encouraged by similar actions by IMF which decided to comment on UK tax policy. I would recommend President Biden look to the problems of his country rather than at an international audience.
Earlier this month the IMF issued warnings to countries around the world that there was ‘no room for missteps’ in monetary policy, thought to be a reference to Ms Truss’ plan to abolish the 45p income tax rate for those earning more than £150,000 per year and the subsequent u-turn.
Meanwhile Brendan Clarke-Smith, a parliamentary secretary at the Cabinet Office, said: ‘He said the right thing at the end in fairness [that it was up to Britain]. He ought to have stated that from the beginning and then left it at that.
The Conservative Party is still in chaos as Liz Truss, who was elected to office just 40 days ago, has been the target of numerous plots to remove her.
After weeks of market turmoil and outcry regarding unfunded taxes policies that benefitted the most well-off, as well as two embarrassing U-turns, this is her latest spat with Kwasi Kwarteng, Kwasi Kwarteng, her former chancellor.
Liz Truss sacked Mr Kwarteng because of economic disaster. This despite Liz Truss’s campaign for PM, which was supported by the policies of the mini-budget.
Jeremy Hunt is the New Chancellor. Hunt came in to replace Kwasi Kwarteng, restore credibility and Downing Street. Saturday saw Hunt effectively destroy Ms Truss’ mini-budget as well as her set of policies.
As tax increases and spending cuts are imminent, Ms Truss and Mr Hunt will be meeting in Chequers on Sunday.
Yet, Ms Truss has maintained their relationship as a team with Mr Hunt. He stressed that his top priority was stability and growth.
The drive to grow the economy is right. This means more people will be able to get jobs that are good, businesses can flourish and public services can be of world standard. However, we have gone too far too fast,” he stated.
He stated earlier that spending would not increase as fast as people want and that all government departments will have to work harder to achieve efficiency than they had planned.
“And not all taxes can be cut at the speed people desire. Some taxes may go up. It’s going be hard.
According to some reports, Tory MPs may want Ms Truss out by the weekend.
Although Downing Street warned that it could lead to a general election, Liz Truss’s Tory MPs will attempt to remove her this week.
Backbench MPs pushing Sir Graham Brady, Tory shop steward, to inform the Prime Minister that her time has come or to change party rules so she can be voted in confidence.
As the Tories plunged into another civil conflict, three MPs stood together to call for Miss Truss’ resignation just six weeks into Miss Truss’s premiership.
Crispin Blunt, a former minister said that the game was over and now it is a matter of how to manage the next generation.
Sir Graham is believed to resist an immediate coup. He argued that the Prime Minister and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt should have the opportunity to present their economic strategy in a Budget, which will be released on October 31.
Sources say more than 100 MPs would submit letters to Miss Truss expressing no confidence to try to get Sir Graham to sign.
A wave of coordinated resignations by junior ministers is also being discussed. This was the same type that forced out Boris Johnson. If Sir Graham fails to take action, rebels may even consider holding a vote of censure.