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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Patrick Daly

Who did Liz Truss overtake as shortest-serving UK Prime Minister as she resigns

Chaos and turbulence has reigned at the heart of Liz Truss' government, almost since day one of her premiership.

The confusion over Wednesday's fracking vote — which was, then wasn't and then was again a confidence vote in her administration — and failed economic plan convinced Conservative Party MPs to start publicly calling for her to resign.

It did not matter to them that she had been in office just 44 days (as of October 20).

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