Liz Truss has been forced into a humiliating U-turn, reversing most of the policies that secured her elevation to Downing Street just over six weeks ago.
after sparking a financial crisis was met with howls of laughter, incredulity and shouts of “resign, resign” as she spoke in the House of Commons on Wednesday, October 19.
“I am a fighter and not a quitter,” she told a packed session of “Prime Minister’s Questions” – a weekly fixture of the British political calendar – just days after she was forced to pull her signature economic policy. Truss repeated her apology to the British people but accused Labour of not grasping “economic reality,” which was met with howls of laughter from the opposition benches.Truss has been forced into a humiliating U-turn, reversing most of the policies that secured her elevation to Downing Street just over six weeks ago.
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