Liz Truss has completed her task.
After less than two months, she was elected by Conservative party members to the position of prime minister at 10 Downing Street.
Despite this, her policies, which harken back at Margaret Thatcher’s time, proved to be unpopular, especially with the financial market.
Truss was not able to accept the news of Kwasi Kwarteng and her mini-budget, which sent the pound plunging and caused chaos in the UK economy. She persevered for a few weeks.
Kwarteng was then fired to calm down markets. This really set her on a downward spiral. Kwarteng appointed Jeremy Hunt as her successor. He then overturned almost all policies in the mini budget.
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Suella Braverman, her home secretary, resigned after she sent an email with an official document. Later that day, there was talk of’manhandling and bullying’ of Tory MPs who refused to vote for the government on a Fracking bill.
Truss knew that everything was against her and she had to resign. This left behind one the most chaotic premierships the UK has ever seen. In her honor, Liz Truss is the PM in numbers.
45 days as prime minister
Because she served so little time, she is the UK’s youngest-serving prime Minister.
54 days of trying to get elected
Even worse, she spent even more time trying to win during the summer’s leadership race.
1 UK economy suffers a crisis
This is something we all know. It was the domino that sent her whole premiership to tumbling.
2 chancellors, 2 home secretaries
Kwasi Kwarteng was removed as chancellor to implement the plans Liz Truss requested. We should also add that Jeremy Hunt replaced him. Suella Braverman’s email mishap led to her being fired as chancellor. Grant Shapps was appointed her home secretary.
A GDP of 1.0327 is a low number
Truss’s economic troubles really snowballed, which led to her resignation. However, the real killer was how the pound fell against US dollars.
3 PMQs Sessions
Truss didn’t get to show off her skills at Prime Minister’s Questions, as she was only able to attend three sessions. We wouldn’t bet against her improving, however, given her effort in those sessions.
3 meetings with the monarch
It is not very often that prime ministers meet two monarchs. But in only 44 days, PM Truss was able to meet the Queen days before she passed away. Following the Queen’s funeral, she met King Charles III twice. This led to a very awkward exchange during their second encounter.
13 MPs called on her to resign
Truss, unlike Boris Johnson who was ousted basically by his entire cabinet resigning was handed the boot by MPs calling for her resignation – which was 13 by the end.
Resignation speech for the 89th second
Truss’s reign was so brief, it was fitting that she gave a short resignation speech in Downing Street on Thursday afternoon.
Labour was 36 points behind
Another reason why Truss made the Tories so unhappy was the large lead Labour gained over the Conservatives during Truss’s tenure as prime minister. The latest SurveyThe results showed that if there was a general election today, the Tories won’t even be in the opposition and the Tories would still have 20 seats.
1 loss to a lettuce
Truss’s PM time will end with a photo of Truss next to a lettuce. Central RecorderTruss decided to challenge rotting lettuce by placing a wager. It’s safe to say that she failed.
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