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Liz Truss resigns - New Prime Minister for UK 'within the next week'

Craig Whittaker, the Deputy Chief Whip, has reportedly also resigned as well as Wendy Morton, Bloomberg News is reporting.
 
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Utter chaos.

Chief Whip resigns. Deputy resigns.

Allegations of JRM and Therese Coffey physically forcing people to vote with the government. Reducing an MP to tears.
 
So Suella de Vil has been replaced by another Sunak supporter. Looks like Sunak is getting his cabinet in place, without even being at the helm. Truss might as well drop the pretense now.
 
Grant Shapps has been appointed as the new home secretary, replacing Suella Braverman after her shock resignation.

The former transport secretary, who backed Rishi Sunak in the Tory leadership race and has been critical of some of PM Liz Truss' policies, has been confirmed by Downing Street as now heading the Home Office.

Speaking outside No 10 after his appointment, he admitted it has been "a turbulent time" for the administration, but "the most important thing is to make sure that people of this country know that they have got security".

"I am looking forward to getting on with the job."

Mr Shapps would not be drawn in on specifics around immigration, saying he will "refrain from commenting" after "10 minutes in the job".

Suella Braverman resigns as home secretary after sharing secure information from private email - and takes aim at Liz Truss in departure

And he was not tempted into continuing his criticism of the prime minister, saying Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has "done a great job settling issues relating to the mini-budget".

Mr Shapps had spent the Conservative Party conference earlier this month warning that Tory MPs would not "sit on their hands" in ousting Ms Truss without improvement.

Sky's deputy political editor Sam Coates said his appointment as home secretary was perhaps "unsurprising" as he has "caused havoc" since being removed from the cabinet by Ms Truss.

Coates said Mr Shapps did not take his sacking "lying down" and helped coordinate the rebellion over the 45p tax rate - "the beginning of the end for that mini-budget".

And it would be "a very good reason" to bring him back into the fold - "to remove the thorn from her side".

Ms Braverman was only appointed to the role 43 days ago by the new prime minister.

Ms Braverman resigned after sending an official document from her personal email in a breach of the security rules for government.

In an explosive resignation letter which also voiced "concerns" about the direction of the government, the now former home secretary said: "Pretending we haven't made mistakes, carrying on as if everyone can't see that we have made them, and hoping that things will magically come right is not serious politics."

She added: "I have made a mistake, I accept responsibility, I resign."

She also expressed "concerns" that the government had already "broken key pledges that were promised to our voters", and said she is worried about "the government's commitment" to other manifesto policies, including reducing overall migration numbers.

Tory former minister says 'enough is enough'

Ms Braverman's shock departure comes as Ms Truss fights for her political survival following the sacking of chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng last Friday and the axing of the majority of the government's mini-budget on Monday by new chancellor Jeremy Hunt.

Conservative former minister George Freeman has vented his frustration on Twitter amid the ongoing turmoil in his party.

He said: "The home secretary 'resigns' attacking the PM and government program she had supported?

"The chancellor 'resigns' for implementing the policies he and PM and cabinet had agreed?

"Enough is enough. The cabinet need to get a grip, fast, to restore collective responsibility and confidence."

Labour's shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said the government "can't even manage the basics" in the wake of the resignation of her opposite number.

She said the Tory administration was "falling apart at the seams", adding: "To appoint and then [lose] both your home secretary and chancellor within six weeks is utter chaos. This is no way to run a government."

The Liberal Democrats described Ms Braverman's exit as the latest in a "carousel of Conservative chaos".

"People should not be forced to watch the Conservative party implode day after day while real people suffer," Lib Dem home affairs spokesperson Alistair Carmichael said.

"There is a cost of living catastrophe, health service crisis and now a rudderless Home Office.

"The only solution now is a general election so the public can get off this carousel of Conservative chaos."

SKY
 
<b>Liz Truss's special adviser suspended and faces investigation</b>

One of the prime minister's most senior advisers has been suspended, the BBC understands.

Jason Stein, a special adviser to Liz Truss, is to face a formal investigation by the Propriety and Ethics Team, which is responsible for standards across government.

It follows some anger from Conservative backbench MPs about briefings from No 10 sources over the weekend.

Mr Stein has not yet responded to requests for comment from the BBC.

He previously worked for Ms Truss when she was chief secretary to the Treasury before he became a special advisor to Amber Rudd.

He also worked for Ms Truss during her Tory leadership campaign.

Asked about the suspension, Ms Truss's spokesman refused to refer to Mr Stein by name, but told reporters:

"The prime minister has made it very clear that some of the briefings are completely unacceptable and must stop."

This was a reference to briefings to newspapers from those around her who can speak on her behalf, which contained strong language.

Over the weekend, the Sunday Times reported that Ms Truss was of the view that the former Chancellor and Health Secretary Sajid Javid was "****".

It was expected that Mr Javid would raise the matter at Prime Minister's Questions, but we understand both he and Mr Stein were told just before midday of the special adviser's suspension.

Mr Javid had been seen by some as a possible replacement for Kwasi Kwarteng as chancellor, but Jeremy Hunt was picked instead.

Asked if Mr Stein had offered his resignation, a Conservative source said "that is not my understanding".

Before joining Downing Street, Jason Stein used to work as a communications adviser to Prince Andrew.

It's understood he left as an employee of the prince when his advice not to do an interview with [BBC Newsnight's] Emily Maitlis was ignored.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63311454
 
Can we plz get Boris Clown back? He was an occasional liar but was still a million times better than Lizard Truss.
 
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DeadlyVenom said:
Very sad times for the country.

How have we let things get so bad?
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I say this again and again.

Because we stopped taking responsibility. We stopped getting involved. We stopped joining the local constituency parties and school boards and trade unions. We stay at home and watch the next box set instead.

So most of the sensible capable people have given up, and the constituency parties are filled by incompetent ideologues who ascend the ladder but can’t do anything when they get into power. Corbyn, Johnson, Truss.

Social media has a lot to do with it as well. People are not educated enough to doubt the inflammatory polarising memes they see every day. They are easy to manipulate by the populists who provide easy solutions to complex issues.

Fortunately the Labour Party seems to be back in grown-up control, with the Corbynistas driven out, and the hard-right cabal that grabbed hold of the Tories after the Referendum is losing its grip. Truss is being forced to appoint Remainers to the great offices of state again.
 
The UK electorate lost faith in democracy after 2016 thanks to the Liberals/Remainers.

The reason why Corbyn and Boris were unable to achieve anything in power is because the ZMSM had targeted them. There is no point in denying this, and it is about time Liberals/Remainers accepted responsibility rather than blaming the electorate or opposition.

This is the price we pay for Liberals/Remainers subverting democracy, albeit, in stealth now.
 
An investigation has been launched into the chaotic scenes in the House of Commons where Tory MPs were accused of "manhandling" their colleagues into voting.

Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle announced he has asked the Serjeant at Arms and other officials to investigate allegations made about incidents in the Commons on Wednesday night.

He will be meeting with senior party representatives "to seek an agreed position that behaviour like that described last night is not acceptable in all circumstances".

In a statement to MPs, he said: "I remind Members that the behaviour code applies to them as well as to other members of our parliamentary community."

The Speaker, who is in charge of ensuring order in the Commons, added that while MPs might have "very strong political disagreements" they must "treat each other courteously and with respect".

His announcement came as confusion reigned over what happened ahead of an opposition day vote on fracking.

After the incident, the number of Tory MPs publicly calling for Ms Truss to go ramped up, with 14 in total by mid-morning on Thursday - more than double than the day before.

Ivor Bennett talks to grassroot Tories in Darlington about the ups and downs of the PM and the Conservative government
A portrait of chaos? Grassroots Tories are dismayed at No 10 turmoil but they want PM Liz Truss to stay - for now

Handout photo issued by UK Parliament of Prime Minister Liz Truss during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons. Issue date: Wednesday October 12, 2022.

Many were upset about Wednesday night's events and also the resignation of Suella Braverman as home secretary, with questions over why exactly she quit after she said she had sent a sensitive message from her personal email.

Transport Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan earlier said she was "shocked" to hear what happened during the vote.

She said she voted early so was not there when the chaos ensued but told Sky News' Kay Burley at Breakfast programme: "It is never acceptable for people to be manhandled or bullied into voting.

"We have seen this happen before where whips perhaps over-egg their encouragement to get people to vote in the appropriate way. That is never right.

"The one thing that our parliament is so revered for around the world is that we allow each of us to vote with our conscience and indeed with our government on important matters."

There was confusion just moments before voting started on Labour's opposition day vote to ban fracking after MPs were told it was no longer a "vote of confidence in the government" - which the whips had said it was earlier in the day and told all Tory MPs they had to vote against the motion or face being suspended.

In the early hours of this morning, Downing Street sent a message to journalists saying a minister had been told "mistakenly" by them to say the vote was not a confidence vote, but they said Tory MPs were "fully aware" the vote was subject to a three line whip - where they can be suspended if they do not vote with the government.

But asked this morning if it was a confidence vote, Ms Trevelyan said: "No, yesterday was an opposition day debate and the Labour Party were trying to use a parliamentary tool to try and hijack the order paper. That is never acceptable.

"So what it was, was a very important vote to ensure that the government did not allow Labour to do that. It's a tactic that has been used in the past. And previous governments have also always made sure that those votes are not won by the opposition."

She added that those MPs who defied the whip will have discussions with the chief whips, but said there are often "specific constituency reasons or health reasons" for not voting with the government.

Labour MP Chris Bryant took a photo of a huddle of Tory MPs in the lobby looking confused.

He told Sky News: "There was a lot of shouting, there was a lot of speculating, pointing at people, jabbing at people, standing up to whips, squaring up to people.

"And then in a moment, maybe one or two MPs were effectively sort of frog marched through into the division lobby.

"It's perfectly legitimate for the whips to try and persuade their members by force of reason to vote with them. But it's not on to intimidate and bully."

SKY
 
Johnson must return if Truss resigns - Dorries

If Liz Truss resigns, MPs must demand the return of former PM Boris Johnson - or else hold a leadership contest or a general election, Nadine Dorries says.

The former culture secretary says it would be "an abomination" if Conservative MPs held a "coronation" for a new prime minister.

Explaining her reasoning, she says: "One person was elected by the British public with a manifesto and a mandate until January 25.

"If Liz Truss is no longer PM there can be no coronation of previously failed candidates."

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How I would celebrate the return of Boris!
 
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Sir Graham Brady, 1922 Chair, goes to visit Truss at Number Ten.

The Liberal Democrat plot to send a mole into the Tories has worked far beyond our wildest dreams! In just 26 short years, she has destroyed them!

Later today, in a secret ceremony in a sub-basement below in Vincent Square, Sir Ed Davey will invoke the ghost of John Stuart Mill, who will anoint Truss with his sacred ectoplasm, thus initiating her into the 33rd degree of Anti-Masonry.
 
Robert said:
Sir Graham Brady, 1922 Chair, goes to visit Truss at Number Ten.

The Liberal Democrat plot to send a mole into the Tories has worked far beyond our wildest dreams! In just 26 short years, she has destroyed them!

Later today, in a secret ceremony in a sub-basement below in Vincent Square, Sir Ed Davey will invoke the ghost of John Stuart Mill, who will anoint Truss with his sacred ectoplasm, thus initiating her into the 33rd degree of Anti-Masonry.
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:))) I've really enjoyed Tim Farrons tweets about Liz Truss.

I wonder if he is [MENTION=149166]Technics 1210[/MENTION] in disguise :ashwin
 
Tim Farron is another victim of the intolerant and fascist Liberals. Selected by the LDs, then attacked by his own LD party because of his religious beliefs.
 
Liz Truss is to resign as prime minister after just six weeks.

Her time in office has been dominated by market chaos prompted by the mini-budget that was announced by former chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng last month.

Despite sacking Mr Kwarteng last week and reversing almost all the unfunded tax cuts that had been proposed, the prime minister's position had continued to come under pressure.

Some Tory MPs had publicly called for her resignation, but many others had privately suggested her time was up.

While Conservative Party rules prevent a challenge in the first 12 months of a new leader's tenure, it was reported that a significant number of MPs had written to Sir Graham Brady, chair of the 1922 committee, to make clear they had lost confidence in the PM.

On Monday, new Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced the government would be cutting the energy price guarantee back to six months from the two years previously promised and abandoning the planned 1p reduction to the basic rate of income tax.

The announcement was widely seen as the complete upheaval of Ms Truss's economic programme, central to her leadership bid.

After Mr Hunt's statement, the prime minister's official spokesman refused to deny that Ms Truss was about to resign, instead saying she was "working very closely" with the new chancellor.

On Tuesday, Ms Truss sent House of Commons leader Penny Mordaunt to answer an urgent question in the Commons tabled by Labour on the sacking of Mr Kwarteng.

Ms Mordaunt denied to MPs that Ms Truss was hiding "under a desk".

In a calamitous 24-hour period on Wednesday, Suella Braverman lashed out at Ms Truss's "tumultuous" premiership as she resigned as home secretary, after sending secure information using a private email.

Ms Braverman was the second departure from the four great offices of state within Ms Truss's first six weeks in Number 10.

A few hours later, there was mayhem in the Commons over whether a fracking vote was being considered as a confidence vote in the government and whether the chief and deputy chief whip had quit.

There was speculation that Chief Whip Wendy Morton and her deputy, Craig Whittaker, walked out after a last-minute U-turn on a threat to strip the party whip from Conservative MPs if they backed a Labour challenge over fracking.

Who could replace Liz Truss?

Later, Business Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg had to deny claims made by Labour MP Chris Bryant that some MPs were "physically manhandled into another lobby and being bullied" during the vote.

Mr Rees-Mogg told Sky News he had seen no evidence of anyone being manhandled, but senior Tory MP Sir Charles Walker said what took place was "inexcusable" and "a pitiful reflection on the Conservative Parliamentary Party".

Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle confirmed on Thursday morning that he had asked officials to investigate allegations made about incidents in the Commons on Wednesday night.

SKY
 
Hallelujah and praise the Lord!

Trojan Truss has resigned!

Come on Boris, the return of the King!
 
Liz Truss resigns - with new PM 'within the next week'

The prime minister has stepped up to a podium in Downing Street, after holding "crisis talks" with the chairman of the 1922 Committee.

Then we hear it - that on her 45th day in power she is resigning.

"I came into office at a time of great economic and international instability," she said. "Families and businesses were worried about how to pay their bills."

Ms Truss added that she was elected "with a mandate to change this" - saying: "We delivered on energy bills, and on cutting National Insurance."

She says she now recognises she "cannot deliver the mandate" on which she was elected - "given the situation".

Ms Truss has spoken to King Charles to tender her resignation, she said.

There will be a leadership election "to be completed within the next week".

Ms Truss said "this will ensure we remain on a path to deliver our fiscal plans".

She will remain as prime minister until a successor has been chosen.
 
The word out there is that Sunak and Mourdant have agreed on a joint leadership approach. Sunak as PM and Mourdant as his deputy.
 
She resigned and had to mention Putin whilst she did. Why can't they just resign and take the blame themselves?
 
Sidilicious said:
The word out there is that Sunak and Mourdant have agreed on a joint leadership approach. Sunak as PM and Mourdant as his deputy.
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Joint leadership is a strange definition of leadership. If Rishi wants to be the PM he needs to show some balls and claim the throne unreservedly.
 
:)))

Lasted about the same amount as time as Brian Clough's infamous tenure as Leeds manager.
 
The Tory leadership contest this year lasted LONGER than Trojan Truss' premiership! :)))

You need no more proof how useless and incompetent Liberals in office are!
 
With a new PM, a new CE and HS will be appointed.

Hunt will now be the shortest serving CE in history.

Shapps will now be the shortest serving HS in history.

REMAINERS OUT!
 
Technics 1210 said:
With a new PM, a new CE and HS will be appointed.

Hunt will now be the shortest serving CE in history.

Shapps will now be the shortest serving HS in history.

REMAINERS OUT!
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They are saying that Hunt is not going anywhere.

He has secured his position as chancellor by not entering the race.
 
Breaking News : Boris to stand in Tory leadership contest!

Come on! Boris is the only one with a mandate!

Get in!

(The Times)
 
Cpt. Rishwat said:
Joint leadership is a strange definition of leadership. If Rishi wants to be the PM he needs to show some balls and claim the throne unreservedly.
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Sunak will not get the Tory voter support without Mourdant. Mourdant will not get the Tory MP support without Sunak.

They need each other and a joint leadership bid will ensure that the next step pm can be chosen in a week, and not 2 months
 
<b>The government has been urged to open an investigation into claims former prime minister Liz Truss's phone was hacked while she was foreign secretary.</b>

The Mail on Sunday reported private messages between Ms Truss and foreign officials, including about the Ukraine war, fell into foreign hands.

The hack was discovered during the summer Tory leadership campaign but the news was suppressed, the paper said.

The government said it had "robust" cyber-threat protection in place.

The spokesperson added that the government "did not comment on individuals' security arrangements".

Details about the hack were suppressed by then-prime minister Boris Johnson and Cabinet Secretary Simon Case, The Mail on Sunday claimed, citing what it said amounted to a "news blackout" imposed by Mr Case.

The newspaper also said private messages exchanged between Ms Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng, her close friend whom she made chancellor when she became prime minister, were also uncovered by the alleged hack.

It is not clear how any hack happened, but opposition parties have seized on the issue.

"There are immensely important national security issues raised by an attack like this by a hostile state which will have been taken extremely seriously by our intelligence and security agencies," said shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper.

"There are also serious security questions around why and how this information has been leaked or released right now which must also be urgently investigated."

The Mail on Sunday reported agents suspected of working for Russia had been responsible for the alleged hacking, citing unnamed sources, but the BBC has not been able to verify this.

The Liberal Democrats foreign affairs spokesperson Layla Moran MP raised concerns about why the alleged hack had not been made public earlier.

"We need an urgent independent investigation to uncover the truth," Ms Moran said.

"If it turns out this information was withheld from the public to protect Liz Truss's leadership bid, that would be unforgivable."

The government has refused to comment on any of the details reported by the Mail on Sunday.

"The government has robust systems in place to protect against cyber threats," a spokesman said.

"That includes regular security briefings for ministers, and advice on protecting their personal data and mitigating cyber threats."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63442813
 
<b>Liz Truss wanted government turned up to 11, says former aide</b>

Liz Truss took a "Spinal Tap approach" to government, with the volume turned up to 11, her former chief speechwriter has told the BBC.

Asa Bennett said Ms Truss demanded "fast action" to put "rocket boosters" on the British economy.

It was a "bitter regret for us all...it didn't come off like that," he added.

Ms Truss's government lasted just seven weeks after its mini-budget spooked financial markets, prompting Tory MPs to revolt and forcing her resignation.

Spinal Tap are a spoof heavy metal group created by a team of comedians and musicians, who famously had amplifiers that were "one louder" than 10.

Mr Bennett, who had previously worked for Ms Truss when she headed the Department for International and the Foreign Office, was interviewed by the BBC's Nick Robinson for a Radio 4 documentary, Liz Truss's Big Gamble.

<b>'Trusted her instincts'</b>

Asked whether she regretted her approach in Downing Street, Mr Bennett said: "I think Liz felt that she's gambled before in her life and then she could gamble again on this. And yes, the stakes would be high, but the pay-off was worth it in the sense of taking that fast action.

"And at the same time Liz was someone who knew what she thought, known it for years, and so finally had the biggest chance yet to make her programme a reality.

"Of course, it will be no doubt a bitter regret for us all and her most of all that it didn't come off like that."

He said Ms Truss had been made aware of the risks, but trusted her instincts.

"And so when she hears these things, she's someone who feels that she can have the courage of her convictions.

“She's heard all the views.

“She was at the Treasury [as chief secretary] in the past, and she would be clear in her mind how to do things better."

Mr Bennett said the then-prime minister regarded the Treasury's approach to economic policy as "this sort of tired, stale, status quo sort of thinking".

"And that is why she felt it really was time to take the hard decisions and root it out by trying to break with the sort of consensus, the cosy consensus that meant that Britain had been flagging along with international competitiveness," he added.

<b>'Take things up a notch'</b>

On the decision to sack the Treasury's top civil servant, Sir Tom Scholar, Mr Bennett suggested Ms Truss saw him as a symbol of the "senior Treasury civil servants who have presided in her mind over persistently low growth, chronically and persistently low productivity".

The Treasury orthodoxy "was something that just had to change because it was not able to unleash Britain's potential in her view", he said.

He said Ms Truss had spent years sitting around the cabinet table and felt she knew what the solutions were to the country's economic problems.

"She also knew that this was the moment to put rocket boosters on the economy and get growth going."

She was, he said, "someone who would always try and take things up a notch.

“I think she always liked to be the one that was ready to push the envelope and would only back down if there was good reason".

<b>'Human hand grenade'</b>

"I think Liz was someone who would take this sort of Spinal Tap approach, turn it up to 11, and only if necessary, turn it down again," he added.

Boris Johnson's former top aide Dominic Cummings dubbed Ms Truss the "human hand grenade".

Mr Bennett said Ms Truss came to regard the nickname as "a compliment, not an insult".

"She's been dismissed and mocked by people in Westminster and the media over the years... And so she's found then that she could laugh these things off.

"She can embrace the jokes, and that's a part of her personality. Then she could see that she was bullet-proof as a result."

Six days before Ms Truss announced she would be resigning as prime minister, she sacked her long-time political ally and friend, Kwasi Kwarteng, as chancellor.

Mr Bennett said that was very hard for her.

“Liz and Kwasi are very, very close friends, longstanding friends. They lived in the same area of London. They'd known each other for a while.

"They had written books together. They knew that they both thought the same way about what needed to be done.

"And so that's why it was such a hard decision, no doubt, for her to have to decide that he had to go at least to try and save her premiership."

Most of the mini-budget's tax-cutting measures were then ditched.

In her farewell speech outside No 10, Ms Truss defended her low-tax vision, saying: "We simply can not afford to be a low-growth country where the government takes up an increasing share of our national wealth."

But in an earlier interview, she said she took responsibility for going "too far, too fast" with the tax cuts in the mini-budget.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63834307
 
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