Newsman: British Prime Minister Liz Truss has announced her resignation .Truss said she will remain as prime minister until a successor is chosen. She said a leadership election will be completed within the next week. Resignation comes after the resignation of two of her top Cabinet picks following weeks of criticism from her opponents and members of her own Conservative Party. Liz Truss became the shortest-serving leader in British political history after she resigned Thursday ,less than two months into the job.
“I came into office at a time of great economic and international instability,” Truss said in in a brief statement outside No. 10 Downing Street. “I recognize, given the situation, I cannot deliver the mandate to which I was elected by the Conservative Party.” She announced her resignation in brief remarks outside the prime minister’s residence in London.
Truss replaced Boris Johnson as prime minister this summer. Johnson was forced out by his party after questions were raised about his character amid a series of scandals.
Truss, 47, lasted 45 days in office. Because Britain elects a party, not a specific leader, she will be replaced by another lawmaker from her ruling Conservative Party. The process to replace Truss will take place within the next week.
The previous shortest tenure for a British leader was held by Sir Alec Douglas-Home, who served for one year and one day, from 1963 to 1964.
