U.K Prime Minister

Truss is the fourth prime minister to resign since the Brexit vote of 2016. That's the fastest turnover in a century. No. 10 Downing Street has effectively ...

[Patrick Dunleavy](https://www.lse.ac.uk/government/people/emeritus-academic-staff/patrick-dunleavy), emeritus professor of political science and public policy at the London School of Economics, says flaws in the U.K.'s system of government and the way the Conservative Party chooses its leaders have also contributed to the ongoing turmoil. "It's a fantasy that many Brits are willing to believe, that because of our supposedly glorious past, we're also entitled to an equally glorious present or future," says Bale, whose new book, The Conservative Party After Brexit, comes out in March. Truss replaced Johnson in September, promising to kick-start the economy with tax cuts for corporations and the rich without reducing public spending. Tim Bale, a professor of politics at Queen Mary University in London, says one reason Tory prime ministers such as Johnson and Truss have flamed out is because they promised the public things they can't deliver. In another major miscalculation, she called a snap election in 2017, only to lose her party's control of the House of Commons. His government's slow response to COVID led to more than 200,000 deaths — the highest toll in Europe — and drew heavy criticism. The party then turned to Johnson, the charismatic if deeply flawed showman who had a track record of winning elections. While Johnson's government ruled out social gatherings to limit the spread of Covid, government staff held parties. Cameron hoped the vote in 2016 would end a civil war inside his own Conservative Party on Britain's relationship with Europe and keep the party in power. Johnson led the party to a landslide victory in 2019. That's the fastest turnover in a century. What's the matter with Britain?

British Prime Minister Liz Truss on Thursday announced her resignation just six crisis-filled weeks after taking office, becoming the shortest-lived premier ...

We have agreed that there will be a leadership election to be completed within the next week. ‘I recognise though, given the situation, I cannot deliver the mandate on which I was elected by the Conservative Party. ‘I was elected by the Conservative Party with a mandate to change this – we delivered on energy bills and on cutting national insurance.