Liz Truss awoke on Thursday to headlines declaring her premiership, lower than 50 days previous, was hanging by a thread. She had misplaced her house secretary the day earlier than and there was confusion and chaos over a vote on a binding movement tabled by Labour on fracking. Issues had turn into so heated there have been allegations of MPs being manhandled by way of voting lobbies and a number of other MPs went public saying it was time for Truss to go.
By lunchtime, celebration officers have been in Downing Avenue. As Peter Walker tells Michael Safi, simply after 1.30pm, she got here out of No 10 and introduced her resignation.
Columnist Sonia Sodha explains how the Tories will go about changing Truss as chief and the difficult path to a doable early election.
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