BREAKING: Liz Truss Resigns As British Prime Minister

USA Today reports:

Liz Truss became the shortest-serving leader in British political history after she resigned Thursday less than two months into the job.

Her announcement came after her attempt to roll out a series of aggressive tax cuts aimed at spurring economic growth but which dramatically roiled financial markets, led to unprecedented central bank intervention and drove her personal poll ratings to the lowest ever recorded for a prime minister.

Truss, 47, lasted just 44 days in office. Because Britain elects a party, not a specific leader, she will replaced by another lawmaker from her ruling Conservative Party.

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“I cannot deliver the mandate on which I was elected by the Conservative Party”

UK Prime Minister Liz Truss resignshttps://t.co/O5kO1WJ4tY pic.twitter.com/Gq6FtOGNIP

— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) October 20, 2022

according to english law, the next prime minister is this head of lettuce https://t.co/TIxe7x9F7N

— Bobby Lewis (@revrrlewis) October 20, 2022

Liz Truss – Gone.

Lettuce – Romaine.

— Amanda (@Pandamoanimum) October 20, 2022

Liz Truss: "you won this round, Lettuce!"

— Flora Gill (@FloraEGill) October 20, 2022