Liz Truss is counting the hours in the prime ministership – Resignation is a matter of time according to the British media – The possible successors

After only six weeks in power, Liz Truss’s stay as Prime Minister hangs by a thread and from very early in the morning, outside No. 10 Downing Street, dozens of television crews, journalists and cameras are preparing for the developments.

Truss is currently meeting with the chairman of the Conservative Party’s 1922 Committee, the committee that sets the rules for selecting and replacing the Tory leader, Sir Graham Brady.

The meeting is taking place at the request of the prime minister and not the other way around, a prime ministerial source clarified.

A spokesman said Liz Truss admitted yesterday had been a “difficult day”, referring to the chaos at Westminster and the resignation of the home secretary, but today she is focused on serving the public interest.

When asked if Liz Truss would lead the party at the next election, the spokesman replied: “Yes.”

A few hours earlier, a member of the Commission stated that “the odds are against Liz Truss to see out the day as Prime Minister“, according to its political editor ITV Paul Brandt.

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

The way out of the political deadlock depends precisely on the ability to choose a successor, but the different tendencies in the ranks of the party have not agreed, while many names are circulating, such as that of Rishi Sunak, Jeremy Hunt, Penny Mordant and even former Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

One person was elected by the British public with a manifesto and a mandate until January ’25.
If Liz Truss is no longer PM there can be no coronation of previously failed candidates.

MPs must demand return of @BorisJohnson – if not it has to be a leadership election or a GE.

— Nadine Dorries (@NadineDorries) October 20, 2022

With the word “chaos” the front pages of the British newspapers today refer to yesterday’s nightmarish day in Westminster and the episodic vote on fracking (the hydraulic extraction of natural gas), when MPs from the majority government refused to vote on the government’s bill to lift the moratorium on fracking, despite threats of disciplinary action after Downing Street demanded party discipline.

All the articles say that the Prime Minister has lost the control and trust of her party and government.

A total of more than 20 Tory MPs have challenged Ms Truss’s position with statements.

Read more: Growing number of Tory MPs calling for Liz Truss to resign

“The reality of Liz Truss’s power was fragile (…) but now it is doomed,” writes the editor of the main article of Times.

For Sun, Liz Truss is crushed. Its prestige has collapsed after yesterday’s chaotic day, writes the British tabloid, adding that “the government is collapsing before our eyes.”

All news outlets in their online format have breaking news on developments in the Conservative party and the deepest political crisis in government facing Tras.

Her government is being stretched by the hour and, after twelve years in power, her party appears unable to agree on a successor and refuses to face the prospect of an early election, which would send the Tories into opposition.

“Liz Truss needs to go asap“, wrote the former minister and until recently a staunch supporter of David Frost in an article in the Daily Telegraph.

In his live BBCpolitical editor Chris Mason reports that “it’s hard to see how Truss can go on like this for long”.

Read about: British media: Liz Truss’s resignation is a matter of time – She is under pressure from everywhere to leave Downing Street

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