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Liz Truss tendered her resignation Thursday, October 20. The First British minister did not resist the storm that she herself had provoked four weeks ago by unveiling a gigantic tax cut plan. His turnaround did not enough to save her.
never one Prime Minister British had lasted so little time before throwing in the towel. “I recognize that given the situation, I cannot fulfill the mandate for which I was elected by the Conservative party”said Liz Truss, First british minister, Thursday October 20. Yet just 24 hours ago she was trying to weather the storm to boos from Parliament and her own party. An hour later, his interior minister resigned.
Without the support of his own party, it became untenable. Liz Truss cracked, a relief for many Britons. “She should never have been prime minister. It’s the worst we’ve ever had”says an Englishman. “I almost laughed when I saw that”continues another. His tenure has not been easy. After a national mourning to manage, his decisions sign his own political death. It announces tax cuts and massive spending for a cost of at least 120 billion euros that it does not explain how it will finance.