{"id":60270,"date":"2022-10-20T16:55:27","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T16:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=60270"},"modified":"2022-10-20T16:55:27","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T16:55:27","slug":"truss-buckles-under-pressure-resigns-as-uk-prime-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=60270","title":{"rendered":"Truss buckles under pressure, resigns as UK Prime Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With just 45 days in office, Liz Truss has resigned as UK prime minister , because she could not deliver on her vision for low tax and high-growth economy.<\/p>\n<p>She will step out of office next week Friday even as a tall order has gone out to anyone willing to\u00a0 take over from her to have at least 100&#8243; MPs backing them to progress to the next stage.<!--\/data\/user\/0\/com.samsung.android.app.notes\/files\/clipdata\/clipdata_bodytext_221020_181654_242.sdocx--><\/p>\n<p>Amid suggestions within the Conservative Party that disgraced predecessor of Truss to return, the Liberal Democrats are outraged.<\/p>\n<p>According to a BBC report, they asked for Johnson to be barred.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1ae7a67cmaa.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-635167cf34a915418162db1c.0.6.0.0:$post_0\">Its Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats Daisy Cooper MP said:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"lx-stream-post-quote lx-stream-post-quote--default gs-u-mb-alt gs-u-mr-alt+ gs-u-ml-alt+ gs-u-mr-alt++@m gs-u-ml-alt++@m\" data-reactid=\".1ae7a67cmaa.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-635167cf34a915418162db1c.0.6.0.0:$post_2\">\n<div data-reactid=\".1ae7a67cmaa.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-635167cf34a915418162db1c.0.6.0.0:$post_2.0\"><span class=\"gs-u-vh qa-visually-hidden-title\" data-reactid=\".1ae7a67cmaa.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-635167cf34a915418162db1c.0.6.0.0:$post_2.0.0\">Quote Message: The fact that Conservative MPs are even considering putting Boris Johnson back in Number 10 shows how out of touch they really are. They think there\u2019s one rule for them and another for everyone else.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"lx-stream-post-quote__body gs-u-mb qa-blockquote\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-reactid=\".1ae7a67cmaa.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-635167cf34a915418162db1c.0.6.0.0:$post_2.0.1\">\n<p data-reactid=\".1ae7a67cmaa.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-635167cf34a915418162db1c.0.6.0.0:$post_2.0.1.0\">The fact that Conservative MPs are even considering putting Boris Johnson back in Number 10 shows how out of touch they really are. They think there\u2019s one rule for them and another for everyone else.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer class=\"lx-stream-post-quote__cite gel-brevier gel-brevier-bold\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-reactid=\".1ae7a67cmaa.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-635167cf34a915418162db1c.0.6.0.0:$post_2.1\"><cite class=\"lx-stream-post-quote__cite-name qa-blockquote-source\" data-reactid=\".1ae7a67cmaa.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-635167cf34a915418162db1c.0.6.0.0:$post_2.1.0\"><\/cite><\/footer>\n<div class=\"gs-u-mr lx-stream-post-quote__icon lx-stream-post-quote__icon--quote gel-icon gel-icon-quote\" data-reactid=\".1ae7a67cmaa.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-635167cf34a915418162db1c.0.6.0.0:$post_2.2\"><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"lx-stream-post-quote lx-stream-post-quote--default gs-u-mb-alt gs-u-mr-alt+ gs-u-ml-alt+ gs-u-mr-alt++@m gs-u-ml-alt++@m\" data-reactid=\".1ae7a67cmaa.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-635167cf34a915418162db1c.0.6.0.0:$post_3\">\n<div data-reactid=\".1ae7a67cmaa.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-635167cf34a915418162db1c.0.6.0.0:$post_3.0\"><span class=\"gs-u-vh qa-visually-hidden-title\" data-reactid=\".1ae7a67cmaa.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-635167cf34a915418162db1c.0.6.0.0:$post_3.0.0\">Quote Message: Boris Johnson was forced to resign in disgrace after countless lies, scandals and failures. He shattered public trust in the government and plunged the UK into a political crisis. He must never be allowed near Downing Street again.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"lx-stream-post-quote__body gs-u-mb qa-blockquote\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-reactid=\".1ae7a67cmaa.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-635167cf34a915418162db1c.0.6.0.0:$post_3.0.1\">\n<p data-reactid=\".1ae7a67cmaa.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-635167cf34a915418162db1c.0.6.0.0:$post_3.0.1.0\">Boris Johnson was forced to resign in disgrace after countless lies, scandals and failures. He shattered public trust in the government and plunged the UK into a political crisis. He must never be allowed near Downing Street again.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer class=\"lx-stream-post-quote__cite gel-brevier gel-brevier-bold\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-reactid=\".1ae7a67cmaa.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-635167cf34a915418162db1c.0.6.0.0:$post_3.1\"><cite class=\"lx-stream-post-quote__cite-name qa-blockquote-source\" data-reactid=\".1ae7a67cmaa.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-635167cf34a915418162db1c.0.6.0.0:$post_3.1.0\"><\/cite><\/footer>\n<div class=\"gs-u-mr lx-stream-post-quote__icon lx-stream-post-quote__icon--quote gel-icon gel-icon-quote\" data-reactid=\".1ae7a67cmaa.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-635167cf34a915418162db1c.0.6.0.0:$post_3.2\"><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"lx-stream-post-quote lx-stream-post-quote--default gs-u-mb-alt gs-u-mr-alt+ gs-u-ml-alt+ gs-u-mr-alt++@m gs-u-ml-alt++@m\" data-reactid=\".1ae7a67cmaa.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-635167cf34a915418162db1c.0.6.0.0:$post_4\">\n<div data-reactid=\".1ae7a67cmaa.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-635167cf34a915418162db1c.0.6.0.0:$post_4.0\"><span class=\"gs-u-vh qa-visually-hidden-title\" data-reactid=\".1ae7a67cmaa.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-635167cf34a915418162db1c.0.6.0.0:$post_4.0.0\">The future of our country should be in the hands of voters, not the Conservative MPs who have caused all this chaos.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"lx-stream-post-quote__body gs-u-mb qa-blockquote\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-reactid=\".1ae7a67cmaa.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-635167cf34a915418162db1c.0.6.0.0:$post_4.0.1\">\n<p data-reactid=\".1ae7a67cmaa.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-635167cf34a915418162db1c.0.6.0.0:$post_4.0.1.0\">The future of our country should be in the hands of voters, not the Conservative MPs who have caused all this chaos.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"lx-stream-post-quote lx-stream-post-quote--default gs-u-mb-alt gs-u-mr-alt+ gs-u-ml-alt+ gs-u-mr-alt++@m gs-u-ml-alt++@m\" data-reactid=\".1ae7a67cmaa.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-635167cf34a915418162db1c.0.6.0.0:$post_4\">\n<div data-reactid=\".1ae7a67cmaa.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-635167cf34a915418162db1c.0.6.0.0:$post_4.0\"><span class=\"gs-u-vh qa-visually-hidden-title\" data-reactid=\".1ae7a67cmaa.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-635167cf34a915418162db1c.0.6.0.0:$post_4.0.0\">The future of our country should be in the hands of voters, not the Conservative MPs who have caused all this chaos.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"lx-stream-post-quote__body gs-u-mb qa-blockquote\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-reactid=\".1ae7a67cmaa.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-635167cf34a915418162db1c.0.6.0.0:$post_4.0.1\">\n<p data-reactid=\".1ae7a67cmaa.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-635167cf34a915418162db1c.0.6.0.0:$post_4.0.1.0\">The future of our country should be in the hands of voters, not the Conservative MPs who have caused all this chaos.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But the Labour Party, through its leader, Keir Starmer, called for a general election amid an economic crisis caused by what he described as the \u201cchaos\u201d of the Conservative Party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis cannot continue. Britain deserves better. Britain cannot afford the chaos of the Conservatives anymore.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need a general election now,\u201d Starmer told parliamentarians.<\/p>\n<p>Truss said in a statement outside Downing Street., \u201cWe set out a vision for a low-tax, high-growth economy that would take advantage of Brexit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI recognize though, given the situation, I cannot deliver the mandate on which I was elected by the Conservative Party. I have therefore spoken to His Majesty the King to announce that I am resigning as leader of the Conservative Party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her full statement reads:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I came into office at a time of great economic and international instability.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Families and businesses were worried about how to pay their bills.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Putin\u2019s illegal war in Ukraine threatens the security of our whole continent. And our country has been held back for too long by low economic growth.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I was elected by the Conservative Party with a mandate to change this \u2013 we delivered on energy bills and on cutting national insurance.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018And we set out a vision for a low-tax, high-growth economy that would take advantage of the freedoms of Brexit.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I recognise though, given the situation, I cannot deliver the mandate on which I was elected by the Conservative Party.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I have therefore spoken to His Majesty the King to notify him that I am resigning as leader of the Conservative Party.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018This morning I met the chairman of the 1922 Committee, Sir Graham Brady. We have agreed that there will be a leadership election to be completed within the next week.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018This will ensure that we remain on a path to deliver our fiscal plans and maintain our country\u2019s economic stability and national security.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I will remain as Prime Minister until a successor has been chosen.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1ae7a67cmaa.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-63516cb892171f0e39be8cc6.0.6.0.0:$post_1\">Labour says it has a manifesto ready to go for when there\u2019s a general election and a return of Boris Johnson would \u201cadd insult to injury for the public\u201d, Sir Keir Starmer has told the the BBC <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sounds\/play\/p0d8d8pf\">Newscast<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0podcast.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1ae7a67cmaa.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-63516cb892171f0e39be8cc6.0.6.0.0:$post_2\">The leader of the opposition said: \u201cThere\u2019s a manifesto that is going to be ready whenever an election is called.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1ae7a67cmaa.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-63516cb892171f0e39be8cc6.0.6.0.0:$post_3\">He added: \u201cI\u2019ve had a team working on that. I\u2019ve had a team working on general election preparedness. We\u2019ve moved our teams onto a general election footing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1ae7a67cmaa.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-63516cb892171f0e39be8cc6.0.6.0.0:$post_4\">Asked whether he wouldn\u2019t mind facing Boris Johnson again, Sir Keir said: \u201cNo. I share the view that he was unfit for office.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1ae7a67cmaa.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-63516cb892171f0e39be8cc6.0.6.0.0:$post_5\">\u201cSo if they&#8217;re going to go from this experiment, this chaos, this economic damage, [and] wind back three months to a man who was deemed to be unfit for office, I think that only adds insult to injury for the public [who will be] knocking on the door saying, \u2018Hang on, why can\u2019t we have a say on this?'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Thank you.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><!--\/data\/user\/0\/com.samsung.android.app.notes\/files\/clipdata\/clipdata_bodytext_221020_175212_273.sdocx--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With just 45 days in office, Liz Truss has resigned as UK prime minister , because she could not deliver on her vision for low tax and high-growth economy. She will step out of office next week Friday even as a tall order has gone out to anyone willing to\u00a0 take over from her to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":59652,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,7],"tags":[5188,5085,84],"class_list":["post-60270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jobs","category-news","tag-resigns","tag-truss","tag-uk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=60270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60270\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}