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BREAKING: British Prime Minister, Liz Truss resigns
The British Prime Minister, Liz Truss, has resigned after barely lasting for two months on the seat.
This is following a disastrous and rapidly reversed economic plan that sent the pound plunging and her government into chaos, NBC claimed.
She had defeated Rishi Sunak by 81,326 votes to 60,399 in an internal contest after Boris Johnson’s resignation in July.
The lawmaker was the Conservatives’ fourth head of the British government since 2015, promising to unleash Britain’s potential by going for growth and removing the obstacles holding the country back.
On Wednesday, Truss assured Parliament during the weekly Prime Minister’s Questions session that she was a “fighter, not a quitter.”
But leading a ruling party is only possible with respect and credibility. Truss increasingly had little of either, and quit just a day later.
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“I recognize that given the situation I cannot deliver the mandate on which I was elected by the Conservative Party,” she said Thursday outside No. 10 Downing St.
“I have therefore spoken to his majesty the king to notify him that I am resigning as leader of the Conservative Party.”
She ended the brief statement by saying: “I will remain as prime minister until a successor is chosen.”