Liz Truss is facing a fight of her life to save her premiership after it got off to the worst possible start after she caused chaos in the markets following her mini-budget.
The Prime Minister has been in office just over 40 days but already Conservative MPs are privately and publicly calling for her to resign.
Over the last couple of days she has held crisis meetings with backbench MPs in order to reassure them that she is the right person to take their party forward. In an interview with the BBC she suggested she believes she can weather the storm that has rocked the party in recent weeks, as she vowed to lead the Tories into the next general election.
She admitted to and apologised for "mistakes" during her short tenure to date. Truss said she has "adjusted what we're doing" after the Government's fiscal policies spooked the markets, putting in place a new Chancellor with a fresh strategy to "restore economic stability".
"I do think it is the mark of an honest politician who does say, yes, I've made a mistake," she said.
The apology was too late for some MPs who are already calling for her head. Here's the Tory MPs currently calling for Truss to quit:
Crispin Blunt
Crispin Blunt, the Conservative MP for Reigate who was a justice minister in the early years of David Cameron's premiership, told Channel 4's Andrew Neil Show: "I think the game is up and it's now a question as to how the succession is managed."
He also released a statement on Sunday in which he said that most of his colleagues "clearly understand that Prime Minister Truss's authority is now fatally damaged".
He added: "She has to go now as she cannot win nor sustain the confidence of her colleagues, far less the public and a relentless media.
"The principal emotional reactions to her public presentation is now a mixture of anger, contempt and pity. It's a blinding glimpse of the obvious that this cannot and should not continue."
Andrew Bridgen
The MP for North West Leicestershire was second out the blocks on Sunday evening when he told the Daily Telegraph paper that, "We cannot carry on like this".
Bridgen, who backed Rishi Sunak over the summer, said: "Our country, its people and our party deserve better."
He wrote: "Liz has sunk her own leadership and her predecessor's potential comeback at the same time, all in record time.
"Beleaguered Liz Truss has now run out of friends. She only ever had the support of a third of the elected MPs. We should expect more fireworks in Parliament this week. Unless this is resolved quickly, we are heading for a general election."
Jamie Wallis
The Tory MP for Bridgend and Porthcrawl became the third to call for Truss to go on Sunday afternoon after he wrote to her saying she had "undermined Britain’s economic credibility and fractured our party irreparably".
In his letter he said: "Your decision to appoint historical supporters of you personally rather than the most qualified politicians available in the party has led to decisions that have done clear and obvious harm to the British economy.
The MP, who came out as transgender earlier this year, said the leadership contest was a "particularly difficult time".
"Watching senior colleagues exploit the issue of transgender rights and weaponise it in order to score cheap political points was extremely unpleasant."
He went on: "You chose not to challenge this behaviour and have now chosen to have those same colleagues sit alongside you in your government.
"Mistakes can be undone, and as one united team I believe we could achieve almost anything. However, whilst you are our leader, I no longer believe this is possible."
Angela Richardson
Angela Richardson became the fourth Conservative MP to publicly call on Liz Truss to resign as Prime Minister she told Matt Chorley on Times Radio: "We saw those unfunded tax cuts. Had that not happened, the markets would not have responded the way that they did, we would not be seeing the fact that there's potentially an extra £10 billion that we've got to try and plug.
The Guildford MP added: "And I believe that's 100% down to the Prime Minister, I'm afraid, and so I just don't think that it's tenable that she can stay in her position any longer and I'm very sad to have to say that."
Sir Charles Walker
Senior Tory backbencher Sir Charles Walker was the fifth Conservative MP to publicly call on Liz Truss to resign as Prime Minister.
He told Sky News' Beth Rigby: "I think her position is untenable. She has put colleagues, the country, through a huge amount of unnecessary pain and upset and worry. We don't need a disruptor in No 10. We need a uniter."
The situation "can only be remedied" with "a new prime minister," he said.
He gave Ms Truss another "week or two" before she steps down or is forced to resign, adding that he is "so cross" about how "catastrophically incompetent" the Government has been.
William Wragg
William Wragg has said he has "lodged" a letter of no confidence in the Prime Minister with Sir Graham Brady.
Speaking during the opposition day debate in the Commons, the vice-chairman of the 1922 committee of backbench MPs, said he would like to vote with Labour on the fracking motion, but he is not going to as he would lose the whip.
He told MPs: "If I vote as I would wish, then I would lose the whip. I would no longer be vice chair of the 1922 committee.
"I would no longer maintain a position as a chair of one of the select committees of the House. And indeed, because of that, my letter lodged with my honourable friend, the member for Altrincham and Sale West, would fall, and I wish to maintain that letter with my honourable friend."
Gary Streeter
After a day of chaos in Westminster which saw the Home Secretary resign and the chief whip threaten to quit the backbench MP took to Twitter to say his party "must change leader".
He tweeted: "Sadly, it seems we must change leader BUT even if the angel Gabriel now takes over, the Parliamentary Party has to urgently rediscover discipline, mutual respect and teamwork if we are to (i) govern the UK well and (ii) avoid slaughter at the next election.#lastchance."
Steve Double
Speaking on BBC Radio Cornwall, he said: "Clearly she's just lost control of the government and I think now she does need to do the right thing, step aside and let someone else take over.
"For the good of the country, for the good of our party, the game is up. She's been given the opportunity and things are getting worse, not better. The government's paralysed, it can't do anything, it hasn't got the confidence of a very large part - I suspect the majority - of the parliamentary party. And I'm afraid that starts at the top - she just hasn't got what it takes to be Prime Minister."
Johnny Mercer
The influential backbencher who has held government posts agreed with Charles Walker during an interview about the chaotic scenes in Westminster on Wednesday, October 19.
He tweeted: "F**k me, he’s nailed it. Every word."
Maria Caulfield
The MP for Lewis tweeted: "Tonight we are all Charles Walker."
Sheryll Murray
Sheryll Murray tweeted: "I had high hopes for Liz Truss but after what happened last night her position has become untenable and I have submitted a letter to Sir Graham Brady."
Henry Smith
Henry Smith called for Liz Truss to go and warned "solid leadership" has been "distinctly lacking" from Downing Street in recent weeks.
He told Times Radio: "I think we need new leadership. I think she should do the honourable thing and say that her premiership has made the wrong calls, not just once or twice but consistently since coming into office almost two months ago, and that now it's time for strong leadership to come back to this country.
"I've been a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee for the past two-and-a-half years, so I saw her in action, scrutinising her when she was foreign secretary, and I have to say, I did fear that she may be out of her depth as Prime Minister."
Asked what comes next, Smith said: "I think events will probably gain momentum in the coming hours and days... I think members should be involved as much as possible in choosing the leader but as you have pointed out, and many others, time is pressing, and we can't delay."
Miriam Cates
Tory MP Miriam Cates has called on the Prime Minister to quit, warning her position seems "untenable".
Asked if Liz Truss has to go, the MP for Penistone and Stocksbridge told Times Radio: "I think it seems that way. It seems untenable... and yes, I do think it's time for the Prime Minister to go."
But she said there are "some significant reforms and changes that need to happen", and these cannot be made "in an instant".
Matthew Offord
Hendon Conservative MP Matthew Offord said Liz Truss needed to agree on a "dignified exit" from No 10.
He told the Evening Standard: "I can't see the situation being sustainable. She does need to sit down and discuss it with her Cabinet and with others to manage some kind of dignified exit."
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