Truss is being urged to resign just six weeks into office after a forced U-turn on disastrous tax cuts. theSun theSundaily economy tax politics LizTruss UnitedKingdom
A handout photograph released by the UK Parliament shows Britain’s Prime Minister Liz Truss speaking during Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons in London on October 19, 2022. AFPPIX: Embattled British Prime Minister Liz Truss on Thursday faced more calls from her own party to step down after a key minister quit and lawmakers rebelled during “a day of extraordinary mayhem”.
Its tabloid sister paper The Sun ran the front page headline “Broken”, saying Truss’s “authority is in tatters after a day of extraordinary mayhem”. If she resigned this would lead to a Tory leadership contest that could be shortened if Tory MPs could agree on a single replacement. Otherwise the MPs could unite to trigger a no-confidence vote.The fresh calls came a day after Truss's interior minister Suella Braverman left following just six weeks in office, ostensibly for sending an official document in a personal email but using her resignation message to attack Truss.
Truss appointed Grant Shapps to replace Braverman though had previously fired him as transport secretary when she took office. He had supported her rival for the leadership, Rishi Sunak. Truss has faced widespread criticism for failing to step down herself, after forcing Kwarteng to take the blame for the botched budget of September 23, which sent markets into freefall.
Starmer asked the House of Commons: “What’s the point of a prime minister whose promises don’t even last a week?” as opposition MPs jeered and booed Truss and her own party’s MPs remained silent.Later on Wednesday there were chaotic scenes in parliament as the opposition proposed a debate on Truss's controversial decision to resume fracking -- drilling onshore for gas.
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