Liz Truss resigned on Thursday as UK Prime Minister.
In a brief statement to the country outside the official residence in London’s Downing Street, Truss announced that she has already tendered her resignation to King Charles III and that her successor will be found at the end of next week.
“I took this position at a time of great economic and international instability. Families and businesses are worried about how to pay the bills. Putin’s illegal war threatens the security of an entire continent and our country has been left behind for too long by low economic growth,” he contextualizes.
“I recognize that, given the situation, I cannot fulfill the mandate for which I was elected by the Conservative Party. For this reason, I have spoken to His Majesty the King to inform him that he is resigning as leader of the Conservative Party”.
Liz Truss headed the British government for just 45 days, which, according to the BBC, represents the shortest period for a UK head of government. That is if we do not take into account the case of William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath, who was Prime Minister for only two days in 1746, without ever holding office.
Subject to criticism since the first day of the government, the popularity of Truss has continued after the presentation of the “mini orçamento” of September 23, when the British Government promised a series of fiscal cuts without explaining how it would finance and control them. public debt.
As a result, the pound devalued and interest on government bonds increased, forcing the Bank of England to intervene to prevent the crisis from spreading to the rest of the economy.
But in response to pressure from the opposition to resign, the prime minister said, only this Wednesday: “I am a fighter and not a deserter.”
“I acted in the national interest to ensure economic stability,” he said, in the weekly debate in the House of Commons, while some MPs chanted “resign”.
The Prime Minister’s position became even more precarious later that day, with Suella Braverman resigning as Home Secretary, meanwhile replaced by Grant Shapps.
In her resignation letter, the minister accused Truss of failing to fulfill the commitments made, mainly in immigration policy, and urged her to take responsibility for the mistakes made in the economic strategy, which created turbulence in the financial markets.
“The functioning of government depends on people accepting responsibility for their mistakes. Pretending we didn’t make mistakes, acting like no one saw we did, and hoping things would magically work out for the best is not politically serious. I made a mistake. mistake, I accepted responsibility, I resigned,” Braverman said.
According to a YouGov study, Truss has reached the lowest level of popularity of any prime minister, with only 10% favorable opinion among Britons.
In the most recent poll on voting intentions, carried out by Redfield & Wilton Strategies, the Labor Party has 56% of the preferences, compared to 20% for the Conservative Party.
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Source: TSF
