Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross has claimed the “optics” of the chaos surrounding Liz Truss’ Government are “awful”. Ross said the Tory Government would “deal” with bread and butter issues like mortgages, weeks after Truss and her colleagues tanked the UK economy.Truss’ premiership hangs by a thread after a day of unprecedented turmoil within her party at Westminster.
Tory MPs are openly calling on her to quit just two months into becoming Prime Minister after a catalogue of blunders.Her colleagues believe her authority has been fatally undermined after she shredded her own Government’s mini-budget due to a hostile reaction from the markets.
Kwasi Kwarteng was fired as chancellor and Suella Braverman also left Government yesterday, fuelling the chaos. Sources believe Truss could be gone over the weekend.Ross, who is also facing criticism over his performance, was challenged about the mayhem outside Westminster by the BBC.
The dual MP and MSP, who was wearing gym gear, was quizzed on whether he was concerned about what is going on.He replied: “Yes, of course.
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