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Truss' announcement follows weeks of criticism from her opponents and members of own her Conservative Party, and the resignation of two of her top Cabinet ...

Braverman was replaced by another Conservative whom Truss had pushed out of her cabinet just six weeks earlier when she took office. Within days, Hunt had almost entirely canceled the remainder of Truss' economic program, and as opponents inside and outside her Conservative Party began calling for her to step down, another senior cabinet member, interior minister Suella Braverman, was herself forced to resign for sending a sensitive document from a personal email account. A series of significant missteps meant that much of the political vision she outlined during her campaign for leader was ditched after seriously adverse reactions from financial markets.

Former British prime minister Boris Johnson is expected to stand in the Conservative Party leadership contest to replace Liz Truss, who said earlier on ...

"He's taking soundings but is said to believe it is a matter of national interest," Times Political Editor Steven Swinford said on Twitter. [The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.](https://www.thomsonreuters.com/en/about-us/trust-principles.html) LONDON, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Former British prime minister Boris Johnson is expected to stand in the Conservative Party leadership contest to replace Liz Truss, who said earlier on Thursday she would resign, the Times reported.

A leadership election will be completed within the next week to replace Liz Truss, who is the shortest-serving prime minister in British history.

The claim of illiteracy appears to refer to that trip, when Truss was British foreign minister. [New finance minister Hunt](https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/uk-budget-finance-minister-reverses-tax-plan-rein-energy-subsidy-3011256) is now racing to find tens of billions of pounds of spending cuts to try to reassure investors and rebuild Britain's fiscal reputation as the economy heads into recession and with inflation at a 40-year high. Party members and Conservative lawmakers are expected to be given a say in the vote. Approval ratings for her and her Conservative Party collapsed. Advertisement [welcomed Truss' departure](https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/russia-uk-disgrace-liz-truss-resigns-prime-minister-3017856), saying she was a disgrace of a leader who would be remembered for her "catastrophic illiteracy". During her campaign to be elected leader of the Conservative Party, and thus prime minister, Truss famously said that "the jury is out" on whether the French leader was a friend or foe of Britain. "I want to say that France, as a nation and people who are friends of the British people, wishes them above all stability," he said, stressing the context of the war in Ukraine and energy price crisis. [Rishi Sunak](https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/race-become-uk-pm-down-final-two-rishi-sunak-and-liz-truss-2824296) and [Penny Mordaunt](https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/british-prime-minister-contenders-set-clash-second-tv-debate-2816086), a former defence minister. Truss, who had said on Wednesday she was a "fighter and not a quitter", told the mass of journalists gathered in Downing Street that she realised she could no longer deliver on the promises that won her the "I have therefore spoken to His Majesty the King to notify him that I am resigning as leader of the Conservative Party," said Truss, who was supported only by her husband with her aides and loyal ministers noticeably absent. [Liz Truss](https://www.channelnewsasia.com/commentary/british-pm-liz-truss-leadership-sack-kwasi-tax-cuts-3010016) said on Thursday (Oct 20) she was resigning as British prime minister [just six weeks after she was appointed](https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/liz-truss-appointed-british-pm-queen-elizabeth-ii-2923356), brought down by an [economic programme](https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/uks-truss-sorry-mistakes-im-sticking-around-3012311) that sent shockwaves through the market and divided her Conservative Party.

LONDON: Liz Truss said on Thursday (Oct 20) she was resigning as British prime minister just six weeks after she was appointed. A leadership election will ...

He was also part of the team that brought home the body of Princess Diana following her car crash in Paris. Advertisement George Canning previously held the record, serving 119 days in 1827 when he died.

Avoid the traps of poor fit, poor delivery and poor adjustment down the road by converging before trying to evolve.

The point is that every organization drives on different sides of the road in different ways. And you have to avoid the landmines along the way. You cross the border and see a sign that says “Welcome to Kenya.” What must you do next? In Kenya they drive on the left. In Ethiopia they drive on the right. You can’t lead anyone until you have earned the right to lead. This gives the team confidence in itself and in their new leader. So, the “mandate” she references was either the 0.1% of the population that voted for her. The lesson for all is to converge before evolving. The Conservative members of parliament whittle down the range of possible candidates to a final two and then put those up for a full party vote. They fail because of poor fit, poor delivery or poor adjustment to changes down the road. 0.1% in total.) or the 14% of Conservative members of parliament that initially preferred her.

Liz Truss quit as UK prime minister after a brief and chaotic tenure that saw her announce a massive package of tax cuts before unwinding most of it in the ...

LONDON — Whisper it, but Boris Johnson could be on the comeback trail. The ousted former Conservative leader is strongly rumored to be mulling a return to ...

She dropped out of the race after failing to win the support of enough MPs and endorsed Truss, with her supporters moving the same way in a big boost for Truss’ campaign. Braverman has made all the right noises when it comes to pleasing the right of the Conservative party, while alienating centrists in the process. Only this week she bashed the “Guardian-reading, tofu-eating wokerati,” and a hardline stance on migration was seen as helping to put the brakes on a coveted U.K. She pointedly opposes gender-neutral toilets in public buildings, and, as trade secretary, has argued that the U.K. There’s nothing to stop a return to Downing Street for a former prime minister, but a comeback could be limited by the new rules. MPs and activists loyal to Johnson swiftly accused Sunak of putting his ambitions before the country. In what would be an astonishing twist in the long-running Tory psychodrama, a host of U.K. Treasury could allow him to offer a steady hand on the tiller. Though in the end Badenoch came a distant fourth in voting among MPs, she has won admirers from the party’s right wing for railing against so-called ‘woke’ culture. Former Cabinet minister and chief cheerleader Nadine Dorries has been gunning for his return, while fellow Tory MP Paul Bristow told Sky News Thursday the message from his constituents was clear: “Bring back Boris.” Sunak remains controversial with Tory members, however. The colorful Brexiteer needs little introduction.

Rishi Sunak has 55% chance of winning the next PM race, ahead of second favourite, Penny Mordaunt, who has only a 16% chance.