Liz Truss resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

There was a lot of excitement ahead of what the British Prime Minister, Liz Truss, was going to announce.

Truss has informed King Charles that he will step down as leader of the Conservative Party and that he will step down as Prime Minister.

– I acknowledge, given the situation, that I cannot keep the term for which I was elected by the Conservative party, Truss said at the press conference on Thursday.

Truss says she took office at a time of “great economic and international instability”. She says she cannot deliver the mandate for which she was elected by Conservative MPs.

Truss did not respond to questions from the press present.

He will choose the successor next week

The election of a new leader for the Conservative Party will take place during the next week.

Truss is said to have agreed on this with the chairman of the 1922 party committee, Sir Graham Brady.

However, it is currently unclear who will be Truss’s heir these are the best candidates.

– That way, we will stay on track to deliver on our promises, Truss said before leaving the lectern in Downing Street on Thursday.

Budget line

No prime minister was shorter than Truss with his 45 days as prime minister’s presidency.

Discontent in some parts of the party arose following a controversial budget proposal, which Truss and his then finance minister, Kwasi Kwarteng, presented in September. Kwarteng was also fired on Friday.

Sweeping tax cuts for the wealthiest and businesses have been heavily criticized.

Opposition Labor leader Keir Starmer calls for new elections in Britain soon after Prime Minister Liz Truss announced his resignation.

– The Conservative party has shown that it no longer has a mandate to govern, says Starmer News from heaven.

The leader of the Liberal Democrats also joins the request.

– Boris Johnson went bankrupt in our country and Liz Truss destroyed the economy. Conservatives have proven time and time again that they are unfit to lead our country, says party leader Ed Davey.

It was planned in advance

Sky News reported in advance that the Prime Minister would announce his resignation.

According to a reporter for the British television channel ITV, a member of the 1922 committee is said to have said that the odds of British Prime Minister Liz Truss remaining in office until the end of the day as Prime Minister are small. This was reported by Reuters on Thursday.

1922 the committee decides which rules apply to the election and change of party leaders in Great Britain.