BREAKING: After just six weeks on the job, British Prime Minister Liz Truss is resigning.
U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss said on Thursday that she would resign after a rising chorus of members of her own party called for her to step down. Support for the premiere collapsed spectacularly not even two months into her tenure, with a final straw seeming to be a parliamentary vote Wednesday evening that descended into total chaos, with members of her Conservative party shouting and swearing at each other, and some even claiming they had been physically manhandled.
Truss is the shortest serving prime minister in U.K. history, having taken office only 45 days ago. She said she would remain in the job until the members of her party chose a new leader. Truss promised a party leadership election within a week,"to ensure that we remain on a path to deliver our fiscal plans and maintain our country's economic stability and national security.
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