It may not have been long since Liz Truss became its prime minister Britainbut the media in her own country she has been targeted, with the Daily Star wryly wondering if her tenure “will be longer than a lifetime lettuce».
As reported by the Reuters agency, the journalistic “trick” of the Daily Star…came from an inspiration from the other end of the journalistic spectrum in Britain. In a column published this week titled “The Iceberg Lady,” the Economist said Trash’s political life has “the lifespan of a lettuce.”
All this as today Friday, the British Prime Minister sacked its finance minister, Kwasi Kwartenga bid to salvage her tenure amid a storm sparked by announcements of a fiscal economic package that unsettled markets and eroded confidence in her party and in Britain.
“You put the national interest first,” the prime minister wrote in her letter to the outgoing Chancellor of the Exchequer, as the duo came under increasing pressure to overturn a disastrous economic package that forced the Bank of England to intervene in the bond market and pushed the Tories themselves to openly discuss whether they should be replaced.
Kwarteng he remained 38 days in his post.
October 10
Kwarteng says his medium-term budget plan, originally scheduled to be released at the end of November, which would explain how the government would finance spending, will finally be released on October 31.
October 12
Tras has ruled out cutting public spending before MPs, vowing to maintain tax cuts, raising doubts about her policy.
October 13
The Tories are talking about a list of names being floated to replace her in Downing Street, 37 days after her arrival. From Washington, Kwarteng says he is confident he will still be in office a month from now.
October 14
Kwarteng rushes back from Washington, goes to Downing Street and shortly after announces on Twitter his impeachment.
In her letter to Kwarteng, Truss states that Quazi Kwarteng put the national interest first by resigning from his position.
New finance minister 55-year-old former foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt is taking over.
Source: News Beast
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