MPs plot bid to block Boris Johnson from ever becoming prime minister again THE Liberal Democrats have launched a bid to block Boris Johnson from becoming prime minister again. The National (Scotland) · Oct 21, 2022
Labour MP Christian Matheson resigns after report finds evidence of sexual misconduct A Labour MP has resigned after Westminster’s sleaze watchdog recommended he should be suspended for “serious sexual misconduct”. Evening Standard · Oct 21, 2022
Liz Truss’s history of U-turns as PM steps down after just 45 days in power Britain’s short-lived PM was no stranger to about-turns even before she entered Downing Street The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2022
Voters across Britain demand a general election now as they react to Truss resignation Once again a Conservative Prime Minister has been humiliatingly forced out of office, and once again the public will be denied a say on her replacement Daily Mirror · Oct 21, 2022
Angela Rayner says Tories have 'done more u-turns than a cul-de-sac' in interview with Sky News "They crashed our economy, they've ripped up the manifesto that they stood on and they've done more u-turns than a cul-de-sac" Manchester Evening News · Oct 20, 2022
Dramatic departure of Liz Truss fuels demands for early general election Independent petition for immediate poll passes 200,000 signatures The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2022
Liz Truss urged to turn down £115,000 ex-PM’s allowance after 44-day reign The Lib Dems said it will be ‘unconscionable’ if she claimed the payments after such a short time in office Evening Standard · Oct 20, 2022
Tories in Liz Truss' constituency give mixed reaction after her resignation as Prime Minister Ms Truss quit the top job today after just 44 days in office Wales Online · Oct 20, 2022
Q&A: MPs call for general election after Prime Minister Liz Truss resigns - but can there be one? Liz Truss will become the shortest ever serving PM in the history of UK politics Chronicle Live · Oct 20, 2022
Starmer calls for general election ‘now’ and says Labour manifesto is ready The Labour leader said Britons ‘deserve a proper say’ in the country’s future and that his party is ‘very prepared’. The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2022
Election Now: The Independent’s petition calling for general election passes 300,000 signatures It comes as Conservative MPs prepare to elect our third prime minister of the year The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2022
The best tweets poking fun at Liz Truss' early exit as Prime Minister "Liz Truss quit now so she can spend tomorrow streaming Midnights by Taylor Swift without distraction" Manchester Evening News · Oct 20, 2022
Lettuce in wig outlasts Liz Truss premiership as PM’s political career wilts Outgoing prime minister declines to congratulate Iceberg in brief resignation speech The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2022
What next after Liz Truss’s resignation as Tory leader? Her successor is expected to be in place by October 28 after a truncated leadership election. The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2022
The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2022 Liz Truss’s history of U-turns as PM steps down after just 45 days in power Britain’s short-lived PM was no stranger to about-turns even before she entered Downing Street
The Guardian - UK · Oct 20, 2022 Liz Truss’s brief, tumultuous tenure as prime minister – in six stark charts Her stint was marked by financial instability, plummeting public approval and a high rate of ministerial departures
The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2022 Liz Truss: 44 days of chaos, U-turns and an economic vision shattered Once seen as a political survivor, she will enter the record books as the shortest-serving prime minister in history.
The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2022 Mordaunt: I will keep calm and carry on following resignation of Liz Truss The Commons Leader came third in the Tory leadership contest over the summer.
Evening Standard · Oct 20, 2022 How will Britain’s 57th PM be chosen after Liz Truss quit? (PS – you won’t have a say unless a Tory member) What happens now? When will Truss leave and what is the process to choose the next Prime Minister?
Wales Online · Oct 20, 2022 Mark Drakeford reacts to Liz Truss quitting as Prime Minister following tenure so short they never spoke Liz Truss' reign was so short that she never even got round to ringing the First Minister of Wales. He demanded a general election and called her government a 'complete and utter failure'
Evening Standard · Oct 20, 2022 Who will be next Prime Minister? The runners and riders after Liz Truss resigns Liz Truss’s decision to quit has brought and end to her short and turbulent Premiership, but it sparks a week long scramble to elect a successor who faces the mammoth task healing the deep divisions in the Conservative Party in time for a General Election.
The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2022 ‘Bring down this government’: Radiohead’s Thom Yorke blasts Tories after Liz Truss resignation Musician said that, while the Conservative goverment tears itself to pieces, ‘the country suffers in extreme distress’
Manchester Evening News · Oct 20, 2022 Sir Graham Brady explains what happens next as Conservative party look to appoint yet another Prime Minister A new Prime Minister will be in power by next week as a fresh leadership contest gets underway
Daily Record · Oct 20, 2022 Liz Truss resignation statement in full as new Prime Minister to be in place by Friday next week Truss is set to become the shortest serving PM in history after she battled an open revolt from Conservatives demanding her departure.
The Conversation · Oct 20, 2022 Liz Truss: what happened in the night of Westminster chaos that triggered the PM's resignation? Many factors combined to cause Liz Truss’s demise but it was a night of chaos in the British parliament that triggered her resignation.