United Kingdom Prime Minister (PM) Mary Elizabeth Truss has resigned just after 45 days in office, making her the shortest-serving PM in UK history.
Speaking outside Number 10 yesterday afternoon, Liz Truss said the environment she is working in was not condusive to achieve the set goals.
She said, "We set out a vision on low tax and high growth economy that would take advantage of the freedoms of Brexit. I recognise now, given the situation, I cannot deliver the mandate on which I was elected by the Consevative Party. I therefore spoken to His Majesty the King to notify him that I am resigning as leader of the Conservative Party."
A leadership election will be completed next week and according to the chairman of the influential 1922 committee, Sir Graham Brady, the new Tory leader will be in office by next Friday.
The United Kingdom will now have at least four Prime Minsters in six years, signalling a tempestuous political system leading the country to an almost inevitable shipwreck. The casualties will be, as always, the ordinary person in the street.
