LONDON: Liz Truss’ tragic final act as prime minister outside 10 Downing Street on Thursday deserves Shakespeare: A Conservative heroine, utterly humiliated and without any co-op Come on, ready to rush off the stage, her husband by her side. Shoes resigned saying she could not assign the duties for which she was elected.
Truss’ tumultuous weeks in office helped her achieve a record of becoming UKThe Prime Minister is in office for the shortest time after 45 working days. The previous record was held by George Canning, who AFTERNOON in 119 days. The reason for his resignation was that he died while in office in August 1827. Truss will remain Prime Minister until a successor is chosen early next week.
Despite dressing like Margaret Thatcher and positioning herself as a loyalist to Tory principles, Truss quickly became a pitiful and isolated figure – rejected by her own allies after the budget. The “Kami-Kwasi” tax cuts sent markets into turmoil, sent the pound crashing and sent her acting prime minister and the British economy into turmoil. The small budget that she and her then prime minister, Kwasi Kwarteng, pulled out on September 23 led to interference from the Bank of England and provoked criticism from both the International Monetary Fund and from the President of the United States. Joe Biden, and led to the UK rating agencies downgrade the credit outlook to negative.
Truss lost two residents of four National Offices in the space of six days. On Wednesday, the Goan-born Secretary of State, Suella Braverman, was laid off or fired, ostensibly due to a ministerial rule violation, but in fact it was consecutively because of immigration strategy. Kwarteng, the UK’s first black prime minister, has come under fire for a small budget failure after cutting his trip to the US short last Friday. The loss of both cabinet ministers and their replacements has made her historically diverse cabinet much less. But now, among those seen as frontrunners for the Prime Minister, is former prime minister Rishi Sunak.
The loss of such senior ministers after less than two months in the job has added to the political uncertainty that has gripped Britain (French President Emmanuel Macron has commented that he hopes stability will return). with the UK).
Things came to Truss on Wednesday night as MPs were voting for a Labor motion on the jailbreak and it was unclear if it would be a move of confidence in Truss. The chaos led to rumors that the chief whip and deputy whip had dropped and alleged some MPs were handled by hand as they were led into the voting lobby.
Truss choreographed her good handling of the Queen’s death. And as international trade secretary, she played a key role in negotiating the UK-India trade deal.
Not a single Conservative newspaper supported Truss as she entered her final few days in office. At Wednesday’s Prime Minister’s Questions, where she looked like a lone rabbit forced into a field of foxes, opposition leader Sir Keir Starmer began saying: “A book is being written. about the prime minister’s time in office. Apparently it’s coming out at Christmas. Is it the release date or the title? ”
Truss stayed true to her mantra: that she wanted to “keep working and delivering for the British people”. “I am a boxer not a quitter,” she said. At this point she is under the complete control of Jeremy Hunt, the new prime minister – the second in less than two months – who represents exactly the “Orthodox Treasury” she has said she considers often.
A live feed was sensibly positioned on a green lettuce called Lizzy Lettuce, to see if it could outlast Truss. The lettuce remained strong and fought as Truss’s strength quickly withered.
As the week passed, there was a strange moment when Penny Mordaunt, the leader of the House of Commons, was forced to tell a Labor MP that “the prime minister was not under his desk” when she failed to answer an urgent question. grant.
On Thursday morning, Truss delivered her announcement to the King before appearing in front of the podium outside 10 with her husband. In her resignation speech, with an air of confidence, she said she had set a vision for a high-growth, low-tax economy – one that would capitalize on the freedoms of Brexit – and that she was elected by the Conservative Party. with a mission to change this but she realizes that she can’t do the mission for which she was elected.
She had previously met “men in gray suits” – one of whom was Sir Graham Brady, chairman of the 1922 Committee, which represented Tory supporters and organized the leadership contest. The press had covered for days about gatherings of high-ranking Tory MPs conspiring to overthrow her. A specific group of conspirators, believed to include MP Sailesh Vara, gathered for a Vindaloo curry meal this week.
“We have agreed that there will be a leadership election to be completed next week,” Truss said. This will ensure we continue to execute on our financial plans and maintain stability. economic and national security of the country.”
There was little reaction from the markets as they had accounted for her resignation in the imminent days.
Truss raised her net favorite score to minus 70%, making it the lowest recorded by YouGov in two decades of polling.
Labor is currently 36 points ahead of the Conservatives, the largest margin by any party since 1997.
MP Charles Walker said on Wednesday night the whole incident was a “poor reflection of the Conservatives at every level. This is a disturbance and a disgrace. I’ve had enough people with no talent and I speak for 100 people who oppose it.” A video of his comment was then quickly used by the Labor party as an advertisement.
Truss’ tumultuous weeks in office helped her achieve a record of becoming UKThe Prime Minister is in office for the shortest time after 45 working days. The previous record was held by George Canning, who AFTERNOON in 119 days. The reason for his resignation was that he died while in office in August 1827. Truss will remain Prime Minister until a successor is chosen early next week.
Despite dressing like Margaret Thatcher and positioning herself as a loyalist to Tory principles, Truss quickly became a pitiful and isolated figure – rejected by her own allies after the budget. The “Kami-Kwasi” tax cuts sent markets into turmoil, sent the pound crashing and sent her acting prime minister and the British economy into turmoil. The small budget that she and her then prime minister, Kwasi Kwarteng, pulled out on September 23 led to interference from the Bank of England and provoked criticism from both the International Monetary Fund and from the President of the United States. Joe Biden, and led to the UK rating agencies downgrade the credit outlook to negative.
Truss lost two residents of four National Offices in the space of six days. On Wednesday, the Goan-born Secretary of State, Suella Braverman, was laid off or fired, ostensibly due to a ministerial rule violation, but in fact it was consecutively because of immigration strategy. Kwarteng, the UK’s first black prime minister, has come under fire for a small budget failure after cutting his trip to the US short last Friday. The loss of both cabinet ministers and their replacements has made her historically diverse cabinet much less. But now, among those seen as frontrunners for the Prime Minister, is former prime minister Rishi Sunak.
The loss of such senior ministers after less than two months in the job has added to the political uncertainty that has gripped Britain (French President Emmanuel Macron has commented that he hopes stability will return). with the UK).
Things came to Truss on Wednesday night as MPs were voting for a Labor motion on the jailbreak and it was unclear if it would be a move of confidence in Truss. The chaos led to rumors that the chief whip and deputy whip had dropped and alleged some MPs were handled by hand as they were led into the voting lobby.
Truss choreographed her good handling of the Queen’s death. And as international trade secretary, she played a key role in negotiating the UK-India trade deal.
Not a single Conservative newspaper supported Truss as she entered her final few days in office. At Wednesday’s Prime Minister’s Questions, where she looked like a lone rabbit forced into a field of foxes, opposition leader Sir Keir Starmer began saying: “A book is being written. about the prime minister’s time in office. Apparently it’s coming out at Christmas. Is it the release date or the title? ”
Truss stayed true to her mantra: that she wanted to “keep working and delivering for the British people”. “I am a boxer not a quitter,” she said. At this point she is under the complete control of Jeremy Hunt, the new prime minister – the second in less than two months – who represents exactly the “Orthodox Treasury” she has said she considers often.
A live feed was sensibly positioned on a green lettuce called Lizzy Lettuce, to see if it could outlast Truss. The lettuce remained strong and fought as Truss’s strength quickly withered.
As the week passed, there was a strange moment when Penny Mordaunt, the leader of the House of Commons, was forced to tell a Labor MP that “the prime minister was not under his desk” when she failed to answer an urgent question. grant.
On Thursday morning, Truss delivered her announcement to the King before appearing in front of the podium outside 10 with her husband. In her resignation speech, with an air of confidence, she said she had set a vision for a high-growth, low-tax economy – one that would capitalize on the freedoms of Brexit – and that she was elected by the Conservative Party. with a mission to change this but she realizes that she can’t do the mission for which she was elected.
She had previously met “men in gray suits” – one of whom was Sir Graham Brady, chairman of the 1922 Committee, which represented Tory supporters and organized the leadership contest. The press had covered for days about gatherings of high-ranking Tory MPs conspiring to overthrow her. A specific group of conspirators, believed to include MP Sailesh Vara, gathered for a Vindaloo curry meal this week.
“We have agreed that there will be a leadership election to be completed next week,” Truss said. This will ensure we continue to execute on our financial plans and maintain stability. economic and national security of the country.”
There was little reaction from the markets as they had accounted for her resignation in the imminent days.
Truss raised her net favorite score to minus 70%, making it the lowest recorded by YouGov in two decades of polling.
Labor is currently 36 points ahead of the Conservatives, the largest margin by any party since 1997.
MP Charles Walker said on Wednesday night the whole incident was a “poor reflection of the Conservatives at every level. This is a disturbance and a disgrace. I’ve had enough people with no talent and I speak for 100 people who oppose it.” A video of his comment was then quickly used by the Labor party as an advertisement.
