War News Updates: UK Prime Minister Liz Truss Resigns After 6 Weeks In Office

Daily Mail: Truss QUITS after just 44 days in No10: PM admits she cannot carry on after crisis talks with Tory chiefs over flood of no-confidence letters from angry MPs - with a replacement to be chosen in a WEEK and Jeremy Hunt ruling himself out

* Liz Truss has dramatically resigned as PM after a flood of no-confidence calls from Conservative MPs

* Just 44 days after taking the keys to No10 Ms Truss declared that a replacement will be chosen within a week

* Mini-Budget fallout caused chaos and the situation has spiralled out of control over the past few days

* Utter chaos was seen in the House of Commons division lobbies last night as Tories rowed over crunch vote

* Suella Braverman quit as Home Secretary admitting protocol breach by sending email on immigration policy

* Ms Truss has told the Commons yesterday: 'I am a fighter not a quitter' as she faced Starmer in a fierce PMQs

Liz Truss dramatically quit today, admitting defeat following crisis talks with Tory chiefs in Downing Street and with MPs in open insurrection.

After just 44 disastrous days in No10, the PM took to a lectern outside the famous black door to confirm her departure, sealing her fate as the shortest-serving premier in modern political history.

Revealing she had informed the King of her decision, she said: 'I cannot deliver on the mandate.... I will remain as PM until a successor has been chosen.'

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WNU Editor: As predicted by this blog last week .... Is U.K. Prime Minister Truss' Days Numbered As Leader? (October 14, 2022).

The Conservatives have definitely lost their mandate to rule. But I do not expect a general election anytime soon.

UK Prime Minister Liz Truss Resigns After 6 Weeks In Office

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