Liz Truss ends the shortest term in the history of the United Kingdom: 44 days.
The representative of the conservative party was weakened by the changes she wanted to implement with her economic policies and by the internal crisis that her budget unleashed.
His economic proposals were so unpopular that he could not recover by retracting.
Truss said she could no longer fulfill the mandate her Conservative Party gave her.
The UK will have its fifth prime minister in just six years.
The election of a new leader will be resumed during the month of October.
Truss’ tenure now becomes the shortest in UK history. The previous record was held by George Canning, who lasted 119 days in 1827, but left office by death.
Confirming that he was leaving, Truss said that he has already spoken with the king to advance his decision and will remain in office until his successor is chosen.
Following the announcement of Truss’s resignation, the British pound rose sharply against the dollar, showing that the markets did not agree with his liberal-sounding policies.
Truss was the third prime minister of the UK, after the also conservative Margaret Thatcher (between 1979 and 1990) and Theresa May (between 2016 and 2019).
Truss’s arrival did not mean that he had the support of the majority of the 68 million Britons.
In a survey carried out last August by YouGov, 52.1% of those consulted said that Liz Truss would be a “bad” or “terrible” leader if she came to power.
Liz Truss to resign as prime minister, Sky News understands https://t.co/qSULBHB0Xw
— SkyNews (@SkyNews) October 20, 2022
🔴 This was Liz Truss’s speech to announce her resignation as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom https://t.co/O4V6TE5Lin pic.twitter.com/wAdPisXJeU
– THE COUNTRY (@el_pais) October 20, 2022
Before reaching the top executive position in the UK, Truss, 47, since 2012 held ministerial positions, such as Education, Environment, Justice and in the General Secretary of the Treasury.
In the 2016 referendum, she voted against Brexit, although she later changed her position and became one of its most ardent supporters.
Heading the UK Foreign Office, Truss was absolutely uncompromising with the EU in relation to Northern Ireland.
I also support Johnson 100 percent against Russia after the invasion of Ukraine.
Truss always fueled comparisons of her figure with that of former Liberal Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, of whom she declared herself a “great admirer.”
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