Thursday, October 20, 2022

Truss Out as UK PM After Only 45 Days; Could BoJo Return to 10 Downing Street?


Only 45 days after being sworn as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Liz Truss has resigned after a series of decisions which sent the British economy reeling. Her 4.1 Scaramuccis represent the shortest reign in U.K. history. 

Four days ago, I observed, "Boris Johnson set a very low bar and yet somehow Truss has tripped over it thereby managing to make Johnson look good."


Let us remember though it was the long serving Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson who said, "A week in politics is a long time." Six weeks is an eternity none the richer. 

Although Truss has lowered the bar, Johnson has more baggage than Heathrow. It would seem the safer bet would be Rishi Sunak who lost to Truss in last month's Conservative Party leadership.

Of course, it might not matter who the Conservatives select if the British electorate has already made up their minds to elect either a Labour government or a Labour-Liberal Democrat coalition government after a dozen long years of Tory rule. 


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