On Wednesday, when the flame of internal disagreements was lit in them forever, conservatives and rumors of her imminent resignation Liz Truss they gave and took Prime Minister of Great Britain she was categorical: “I’m a fighter, I’m not one of those who quit.” However, less than a day later, the 47-year-old politician, who came to power just 45 days ago, was forced to drink a bitter cup. Under rainy skies, she walked over to a pulpit that had been hastily placed in front of her prime minister’s residence. Downing Streetto admit that she no longer has the support of her parliamentary group and that she must resign. In doing so, she became the shortest-lived prime minister in the history of the United Kingdom, breaking George Canning’s previous record from 1827.

He lost the markets

Prior to the mutiny at her meeting, Liz Truss had lost confidence in another decisive factor in her case: international markets. Her fatal mistake, as it turned out, was a mini-budget, presented on her own instructions by the then Minister of Finance. Quasi Kwarteng. A budget that combines a liberal project of bold tax cuts with a popular focus on high government spending. The markets decided that reducing government revenues while increasing spending was unacceptable in a heavily indebted country, and sharply reduced lb.which led to an increase in lending rates.

Faced with the threat of bankruptcy, Truss was forced to oust Quarteng and fatally listen to his successor, Jeremy Hunt, to dismantle all the economic policies that she has developed. Her fate was sealed, because with a 180-degree turn she managed to infuriate the entire wing of conservatives, right and center, neoliberals and populists. The resignation of Home Secretary Swella Braverman and the turmoil in the British Parliament on Wednesday evening, when party discipline officials literally pushed Conservative MPs to vote “correctly” on a controversial energy bill, were the decisive blow.

Express procedures, emergence of a new leader – Rumors about the candidacy of Boris Johnson and pressure from Labor to hold early elections.

Applicants

The third Conservative prime minister in two months will be elected by express procedures until Friday 28 October. The British media yesterday viewed the former finance minister as a sure contender Rishi Sunak (second in Johnson’s succession battle after Truss) and former secretary of defense Penny Mordant, and bookmakers prefer the first. However, both the Times and the Telegraph suggested that Mr. Boris Johnson he will claim to have returned to the office he so reluctantly gave up. “He is conducting intelligence, believing that (his return) will be in the national interest,” the source said.

Whoever is elected from a narrow circle of 357 MPs and 170,000 Conservative members will face intense public distrust, especially after the ridiculous events of recent months. Rules for electing a new leader, which first require the party to collect 100 signatures from MPs, do not favor Johnson, who is seen as struggling to get that number despite his popularity with Conservative voters. The top two candidates from the closed ballot on Monday will be selected by 170,000 party members via electronic voting. Except there’s only one, so it’s automatically selected.

Looking like Labor leader Keir Starmer, who scored 33 in the polls, called for an early election, arguing that “the Conservatives no longer have a mandate to govern” and that it was unacceptable for the country to remain locked in the “revolving doors of chaos.” Under normal circumstances, the next election in Britain is due in two years.

International reaction

Allies and adversaries reacted quickly to the resignation of Thras and the ridiculous events in the country, which are considered synonymous with political (and not only) rationality. White House chief of staff Ron Klein said the US will continue to develop its “special relationship” with the UK, whoever the new British prime minister is. For his part, French President Emmanuel Macron expressed regret “on a personal level over the departure of a colleague” and stressed that “we want, above all, stability” in Britain. For Moscow, revenge is food to be eaten cold. “The UK has never known such a disgrace as a prime minister,” said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, referring to Thras’ “catastrophic illiteracy.” She was, of course, referring to her meeting as foreign minister with her Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, when she was under the mistaken impression that two important Russian cities belonged to Ukraine.

Liz Truss government in numbers

44 the length of days (a historical record), second only to George Canning, who died after five months in 1827.

ten days should be removed from the term Tras due to national mourning for the death of Queen Elizabeth II.

7 days remain until the next contest for the nomination of the prime minister, who will also be Tory leader.

3rd British Prime Minister in three years: Theresa May until July 2019 and B. Johnson until September 2022.

2 the resignations of its first line ministers: Kwasi Kwarteng, Minister of Finance, and Suella Braverman, Ministry of the Interior.

100 letters from Conservative MPs demanding Thras’s resignation were received by the relevant parliamentary committee.

17 Tory Conservative MPs publicly demanded the resignation of Liz Truss.

0.74% The pound rose against the dollar after the announcement of the resignation of the British Prime Minister.