LIVE – Resignation of Liz Truss: the new Prime Minister-designate by October 28

If her situation in Downing Street seemed more and more untenable, Liz Truss and her entourage sought to stay the course and drown the fish until the last moment.

“I’m a fighter, not someone who gives up,” said Liz Truss again on Wednesday on the benches of the House of Commons, before throwing in the towel the next day.

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US President Joe Biden promised on Thursday to continue “close cooperation” with the British government after the resignation of Prime Minister Liz Truss, whom he thanked.

“I thank Prime Minister Liz Truss for this partnership,” Joe Biden said in a statement, assuring that the “long-term” friendship and “firmness” of the alliance between the two countries would remain unchanged.

A BBC poll names Rishi Sunak, former finance minister, as the big favorite to succeed him at 10 Downing Street, with 36% of favorable opinions.

The 42-year-old former banker was beaten by Liz Truss this summer during the final phase of the process to nominate the leader of the Conservative Party.

In second place comes the Minister responsible for relations with Parliament Penny Mordaunt, with only 18% of favorable opinions, then the current Minister of Defense Ben Wallace (9%).

Scottish Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon joked on Twitter on Thursday about the departure of Liz Truss, after only six weeks in power, before they even had time to meet.

A BBC journalist wondered on Twitter whether Liz Truss “was going to leave her post without having formally met or even exchanged by telephone with Nicola Sturgeon”.

The Scottish Prime Minister replied: “If she doesn’t mind, I’ll just wait to see who will become the 5th Prime Minister I’ve known (for the moment) as Prime Minister”.

Among the Conservative Party candidates tipped to succeed Liz Truss, several stand out, including former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, yet still marked by various scandals that precipitated his downfall.

There is also Defense Minister Ben Wallace, the former Finance Minister beaten by Liz Truss this summer, the new Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt and the Minister responsible for relations with Parliament Penny Mordaunt.

The new British Prime Minister will be appointed by Friday, October 28 by the Conservative Party in power, announced this Thursday a leader of the majority, Graham Brady, after the resignation of Liz Truss.

“It will be possible to conduct a poll and conclude an election by Friday October 28,” Graham Brady told reporters as the process of selecting Liz Truss by the ruling party’s 170,000 or so members took two months. after the departure of Boris Johnson.

More unpopular than ever in public opinion, without an economic program after the humiliating renunciation of tax cuts and having had to deprive herself of two of her most important ministers, Liz Truss was sure that she wanted to stay in place, her maintenance in Downing Street seemed well compromised.

In the midst of the economic crisis of the cost of living, which sees millions of Britons suffering from inflation, the Conservative party restarts an internal election to find a new leader – the fifth in six years -, while the previous one took place this summer, after the resignation of Boris Johnson, amid scandals in Downing Street and in the majority.

Russian diplomacy mocked Thursday the announcement of the resignation of British Prime Minister Liz Truss, after only six weeks in power punctuated by a series of crises.

“Britain has never known such embarrassment caused by a prime minister,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova wrote on Telegram.

With just 45 days in office, the equivalent of just over six weeks, Liz Truss will have had the shortest tenure in UK history.

It thus beats the record held until now by the curator George Canning and which stood at 118 days. He had arrived in office on April 10, 1827.

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Emmanuel Macron reacted this Thursday to the announcement of the resignation of Liz Truss and indicated that he hoped that the United Kingdom would “quickly” find stability.

“I wish Britain could find stability as soon as possible, move forward, it’s good for us and it’s good for our Europe,” he said from Brussels.

Britain’s opposition leader, Labor Keir Starmer, called on Thursday for general elections to be held “now”, after the announcement of the resignation of Prime Minister Liz Truss.

This new call from the Labor leader comes as Liz Truss announced that an internal Conservative party ballot would be held to elect his successor “by the end of next week”.

After her resignation, British Prime Minister Liz Truss announced the organization of a new internal ballot within the majority “by next week” to replace her.

British Prime Minister Liz Truss announced her resignation on Thursday after just six weeks in office that looked like a descent into hell, triggering a new internal election within the Conservative Party.

“Given the situation, I cannot serve the term on which I was elected by the Conservative Party,” said Liz Truss, who becomes the shortest-lived head of government in contemporary UK history. United, outside 10 Downing Street.

Welcome to this live broadcast dedicated to the resignation of British Prime Minister Liz Truss this Thursday, October 20, 2022.