This is as Truss resigned her position as the UK Prime Minister after 45 days (six weeks) in office.
The United Kingdom opposition Labour leader, Keir Starmer on Thursday demanded an immediate general election after Prime Minister Liz Truss announced her resignation following just six weeks in charge, AFP reports.
This is as Truss resigned her position as the UK Prime Minister after 45 days (six weeks) in office.
Truss’s six weeks in office was dominated by market chaos which was caused by the mini-budget that was announced by the former chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng who was relieved of his position last week.
Sky News reported that some Tory Members of Parliament (MPs) publicly called for Truss’s resignation while many others had privately suggested her time was up.
Following her resignation, AFP reports that the Labour leader, Starmer, while insisting that there must be a general election immediately said, "The Tories cannot respond to their latest shambles by yet again simply clicking their fingers and shuffling the people at the top without the consent of the British people. We need a general election -- now,"
Starmer added that the Conservative Party "has shown it no longer has a mandate to govern,” and that "After 12 years of Tory failure, the British people deserve so much better than this revolving door of chaos.
"Now, they have crashed the economy so badly that people are facing £500 ($563) a month extra on their mortgages. The damage they have done will take years to fix.
"Each one of these crises was made in Downing Street but paid for by the British public. Each one has left our country weaker and worse off."