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Shop NowPrime Minister of the United Kingdom, Conservative Party Leader Liz Truss announced her resignation on Thursday, Oct. 20 after her efforts to slash taxes and pull the UK out of a major inflationary crisis shook financial markets and caused her own party to call for her ouster.
Truss now has the ignominious distinction of being the shortest-serving Prime Minister in British history, with only 44 days in office.
In full: Prime Minister @TrussLiz’s resignation statement. pic.twitter.com/UXTWBRyfLr
— UK Prime Minister (@10DowningStreet) October 20, 2022
In a speech from the famous black door of 10 Downing Street, the Prime Minister’s official residence, Truss told Britons, “We set out a vision for a low-tax, high-growth economy that would take advantage of the freedoms of Brexit.”
“I recognize though, given the situation, I cannot deliver the mandate on which I was elected by the Conservative Party. I have therefore spoken to His Majesty the King to announce that I am resigning as leader of the Conservative Party.”
Since former PM Theresa May resigned in 2019 after her disastrous handling of Brexit negotiations, and former PM Boris Johnson left office embroiled in scandals stemming from his government’s handling of the COVID panic and the “partygate” scandal in September.
Johnson in spite of his difficult exit still enjoys broad grassroots support among British Conservatives according to Fox News, leading to speculation that he may seek a return to the office.
Nile Gardiner, the director of The Heritage Foundation’s Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom told Fox News, “Boris Johnson remains a very popular figure among conservative grassroots … Johnson would stand a strong chance,” Gardiner said. “But Boris would have to declare his candidacy right at the start … it’s not clear if he has any interest in doing so.”
“The party still has a chance to bounce back in the polls,” Gardiner added. “I think the goal is certainly stability, demonstrating that they can run the country effectively. Turning the economy around is the number-one goal.”
The New York Times reported that some supporters of Johnson have already started calling for his return with the Twitter hashtag #BringBackBoris. As Matthew Mpoke Bigg noted, a comeback is not an uncommon thing in British politics, one need only look as far as Sir Winston Churchill’s repeated rises and falls.
The Conservative legend knew no less than three major ascents and tumbles from power before finally retiring from politics in 1964, a year before his death at the age of 90.
