LONDON — After just a month and a half as prime minister, much of which has been spent in her political life, Liz Truss announced on Thursday that she would be stepping down. She will now be the shortest Downing Street resident in the UK’s 300-year history.
A series of catastrophic self-harm – which morphed into a political death spiral – began with a failed attempt by the Conservative Party leader Fundamentally realign the government’s economic agenda, cutting taxes without stating how the decision will be paid. It shook the market, and Truss never recovered.