Prime Minister Liz Truss responded to a jibe from a Labour MP during Prime Minister’s Question Time by saying: “The last thing we need is a general election.”
She appeared to be referring to Britain, rather than the Conservative Party, but her comment was met with laughter by opposition Labour MPs.
The Labour MP for Warwick and Leamington, Matt Western, had asked her: “In two recent polls 60 percent of this country wants an immediate general election. The Prime Minister claims she’s in listening mode. We should give way to the public.”
Western said Truss’s “honeymoon” period had turned into a “disaster” and had left the country seeking a divorce….