LONDON, UK: Liz Truss Thursday resigned as United Kingdom Prime Minister following a rising chorus of members her own party who called for her resignation after support for the premiere collapsed spectacularly not even two months into her tenure.
Truss faced a highly uncertain future after a parliamentary vote on Wednesday descended into total chaos on Wednesday night, with members of her Conservative party shouting and swearing at each other, and some claiming they were physically manhandled.
Truss The Briefest Serving PM in UK History
Liz Truss has been in office for just 45 days the shortest tenure of any UK prime minister after George Canning, who served for 119 days after dying in 1827.
Trouble began when her first Chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, spooked the financial markets with his mini-budget on 23 September.
Since then, Conservative disquiet has morphed into widespread anger within the parliamentary party.
Her stepping down today follows dramatic scenes in the House of Commons last night over a vote on fracking.
Calls for her to go kept growing in the hours afterwards.
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