So what happened with Ms. Liz Truss?
So what happened with Ms. Liz Truss? One of the strangest days in the history of British politics came to an end, and this Thursday morning the country is witnessing an unprecedented political turmoil. Various reports about the political situation and the survival of Liz Truss as the Prime Minister range from her downfall within the next 24 hours to her dismissal by her party in the coming months, with no signs of improvement in her situation. The story is so complicated that Kay Burley, the famous Sky presenter, asked the camera in astonishment, ‘So what happened?’ The British media’s solution is to summarize the astonishing news of the past 24 hours.
Liz Truss was forced to spend Wednesday, according to the rules of the House of Commons, responding to representatives, and her responses were disastrous. She failed to provide a convincing answer regarding the unfortunate budget she presented, which devastated the UK financial markets.
After that, the Labour Party put forward a motion to stop oil extraction through fracking, which everyone in British politics considered a vote of confidence in Liz Truss. The result of the vote was very decisive and in favor of Truss. However, news quickly spread about the commotion in the House of Commons and the use of physical force by party officials against Conservative representatives to force them to vote in favor of the government, accompanied by photos of the chaos.
In the same situation, Liz Truss lost another minister as the Home Secretary resigned with a sarcastic letter to Truss due to violating administrative protocols. The Prime Minister, who didn’t have many options for replacement, was once again forced to appoint one of her opponents within the party to the Home Office.
Following this, the Conservative Party’s chief whip in the House of Commons resigned due to the state of the fracking vote and the government’s lack of coordination with him. Then, everyone in the party outright denied his resignation. This powerful Conservative figure, whose resignation was denied, was one of the few strong faces of the party in the House of Commons, and if he ultimately separates from Liz Truss, the Prime Minister will be left with one or two loyal figures.
A large number of Conservative representatives in the House of Commons did not vote in line with the government’s wishes. At 1:30 AM, it was announced that this vote was considered a vote of confidence for the government, and the rebellious representatives would be punished.
Now it must be said that the only reason for Liz Truss’s survival is the Conservatives’ disagreement over her successor. The majority of this party in the House of Commons has turned the cabinet and prime ministership in Britain into a game. It should be noted that Ben Wallace, the UK Defense Secretary and one of the powerful Conservative figures who is a leadership candidate for the party, is in Washington.