A member of the 1922 Tory Commission has said the odds are against Liz Truss to see out the day as prime minister, according to ITV.
Breaking news on the developments in the Conservative party and the deepest political crisis in the government facing Prime Minister Liz Truss has all the British media.
With the word “chaos” describing the developments, several British newspapers are circulating today, with articles stating that the Prime Minister has lost control and the trust of her party and government.
A member of the Conservative Party’s 1922 Committee, which sets the rules for choosing and changing the Tory leader, said that the odds are against Liz Truss to see out the day as Prime Ministeraccording to a report by a journalist of the ITV network.
The 1922 Commission is expected to meet later to discuss the Tory leadership crisis, ITV political editor Paul Brandt tweeted.
One member of 1922 executive tells me “odds are against” Liz Truss surviving the day as PM.
Committee is expected to meet later to discuss the leadership crisis.
— Paul Brand (@PaulBrandITV) October 20, 2022
In his live BBCpolitical editor Chris Mason says it is “difficult to see how Truss can go on like this for long” while seven Tory MPs have called for her resignation.
Read more: Scene of “chaos” in the party and the government of Liz Truss
On the website of Guardian says the “government is on the brink” while Conservative MP Simon Hoare said today and tomorrow are “crucial days”.
That Sky News writes that “Liz Truss’s prime ministership hangs by a thread” and publishes a photo outside No. 10 Downing Street with dozens of TV crews, journalists and cameras preparing for the developments.
It also states that so far 13 members of the government are asking for her resignation.
Sheryll Murray has become the 11th Conservative MP to call for Liz Truss to stand down and says she has submitted a letter of no confidence to the Chairman of the 1922 Committee Sir Graham Brady
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— Sky News Breaking (@SkyNewsBreak) October 20, 2022
Tras has seen her prestige crumble, with public opinion rejecting her and MPs from her own party questioning her.
She has already been forced to abandon almost all of her economic program – after it caused huge market turmoil – she has sacked her Finance Minister Kwasi Kwarteng, and last Wednesday she lost her Home Secretary Suella Braverman.
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