Reuters: Chaos Escalates For PM Liz Truss And Tories

October 20, 2022 Britain, Politics

Reuters reports:

Britain’s Liz Truss battled to retain her grip on power on Thursday, a day after she lost a second top minister and open arguments and jostling among her lawmakers in parliament highlighted a breakdown of party unity and discipline.

In just six weeks as prime minister, Truss has been forced to abandon almost all her policy programme after it triggered a bond market rout and a collapse of her approval ratings and those of her Conservative Party.

Since last Friday she has lost two of the four most senior ministers in government, sat expressionless in parliament as her new finance minister ripped up her economic plans and faced howls of laughter as she tried to defend her record.

The BBC reports:



Liz Truss’s premiership is hanging in the balance, as she meets the chairman of the influential 1922 Committee of Tory backbenchers, which oversees leadership contests in the party. Sir Graham Brady is in No 10 with Truss now, with Downing Street sources insisting the PM requested the meeting.

The number of Tory MPs publicly calling for her resignation is now in double-digits, with an unconfirmed number of no-confidence letters delivered to Brady. The 1922 Committee is due to meet today.

Confusion reigned again as to whether the chief whip and her deputy had quit following the scenes last night. No 10 later clarified they were still in their roles. But Home Secretary Suella Braverman was most definitely out, criticising Truss in a brutal resignation letter.

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