Liz Truss resigned as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on Thursday (October 20), after only six weeks in office, following a disastrous and quickly revised economic plan that drove the pound plummeting and her administration into disarray.
Truss became the shortest-serving Prime Minister in British history as a result of this.
Earlier in the day, during Prime Minister’s Questions, Truss informed Parliament that she was a “fighter, not a quitter.”
However, leading a ruling party requires respect and credibility. Truss had less and less of both, and she quit a day later.
“I recognize that given the situation, I cannot deliver the mandate on which I was elected by the Conservative Party. I have therefore spoken to his majesty the king to notify him that I am resigning as leader of the Conservative Party,” she stated in a brief speech outside No. 10 Downing Street on Thursday.
“I will remain as prime minister until a successor is chosen,” she continued.