Liz Truss told to quit by three Tory MPs as PM faces fight for survival
dailyrecord.co.ukThree Tory MPs have told Liz Truss to quit over the economic chaos caused by her mini-Budget. In a chaotic week for the Government and the country, Jeremy Hunt replaced Kwasi Kwarteng as Chancellor, but that has not stopped calls from within the Conservative party for Truss to go.
As the PM and her new Chancellor held crisis talks at Chequers, trying to find a way to reverse the fall out from the mini-Budget, Crispin Blunt broke ranks to demand Ms Truss go.He said: “I think the game is up and it’s now a question as to how the succession is managed.”On Channel 4 ’s Andrew Neil Show, he said if enough Tory MPs turned against her, the PM would go.
He said “Exactly how it is done, exactly under what mechanism... but it will happen.”Within hours, a second Tory MP, Andrew Bridgen, called on Ms Truss to quit.
He told The Telegraph: “We cannot go on like this. Our country, its people and our party deserve better.”And last night a third Tory MP, Jamie Wallis, revealed he had written to the PM asking her to stand down.He posted: “The government has undermined Britain’s economic credibility & fractured our Party irreparably.
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