{"id":28015,"date":"2022-10-20T09:26:58","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T09:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=28015"},"modified":"2022-10-20T09:27:00","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T09:27:00","slug":"truss-faces-clamor-to-quit-amid-uk-government-chaos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=28015","title":{"rendered":"Truss faces clamor to quit amid UK government chaos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

ABC News: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

LONDON — U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss was hanging on to power by a thread on Thursday, after a senior minister quit her government with a barrage of criticism and a vote in the House of Commons descended into chaos and acrimony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A botched economic plan unveiled by the government last month triggered financial turmoil and a political crisis that has seen the replacement of Truss\u2019 Treasury chief, multiple policy U-turns and a breakdown of discipline in the governing Conservative Party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many Conservatives say Truss must resign \u2013 but she has remained defiant, saying she is \u201ca fighter and not a quitter.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conservative lawmaker Simon Hoare said the government was in disarray.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNobody has a route plan. It\u2019s all sort of hand-to-hand fighting on a day-to-day basis,\u201d he told the BBC on Thursday. He said Truss had \u201cabout 12 hours\u201d to turn the situation around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Newspapers that usually support the Conservatives were vitriolic. An editorial in the Daily Mail was headlined: \u201cThe wheels have come off the Tory clown car.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

International Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan, sent onto the airwaves Thursday morning to defend the government, insisted the administration was providing \u201cstability.\u201d But she was unable to guarantee Truss would lead the party into the next election<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt the moment, I think that\u2019s the case,” she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With opinion polls giving the Labour Party a large and growing lead, many Conservatives now believe their only hope of avoiding electoral oblivion is to replace Truss. But they are divided about how to get rid of her and as yet there is no front-runner to succeed her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A national election does not have to be held until 2024, and under Conservative Party rules, Truss technically is safe from a leadership challenge for a year. The rules can be changed if enough lawmakers want it. There is fevered speculation about how many lawmakers have already submitted letters calling for a no-confidence vote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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