Liz Truss, who became UK prime minister just six weeks ago, has resigned after a significant number of Conservative MPs lost confidence in her leadership.
She is set to become the shortest serving British prime minister in history after failing to stem an open revolt from her own MPs demanding her departure.
Speaking in Downing Street shortly after Thursday lunchtime, Truss said she had told King Charles III that she is resigning as leader of the Conservative Party.
Prime Minister Liz Truss, watched by husband Hugh O’Leary, announces her resignation at 10 Downing Street, London, on Oct. 20, 2022. (Leon Neal/Getty Images)
With her husband Hugh O’Leary alongside her, she said she recognises “given the situation I cannot deliver the mandate on which I was elected by the Conservative Party.”…