going to be a vote on also going to be a vote on confidence in the prime minister and they said all conservative mps would have to vote in support of the governments. later on, they were told it wasn't a vote of no confidence, but in the early hours of today we learnt it was a vote of confidence after all. those mps, more than 30 of them who hadn't voted to support the government, would be subject to disciplinary proceedings. the case in conclusion, confusion and that, breakdown and that has really angered a lot of conservative mps, seems to bea to be a tipping point, in fact, for what is happening today in many of them saying how can we be disciplined when there was so much confusion over that evoked? that is certainly the deteriorating

situation that mpjill mortimer situation that mp jill mortimer seems situation that mpjill mortimer seems to be referring to in her letter. so any second now we expect the prime minister liz truss to appear at the black turn and make a statement. that is all we have been told. we were told that she would be making a statement at 1:30pm local time. and it is difficult to avoid reflecting, isn't it, rob, who is still with me here that it was just about six or so weeks or so that she was standing there on the day she was standing there on the day she was elected as leader of the party knew by minister. it is was elected as leader of the party knew by minister.— was elected as leader of the party knew by minister. it is a tumultuous da in knew by minister. it is a tumultuous day in politics _ knew by minister. it is a tumultuous day in politics and _ knew by minister. it is a tumultuous day in politics and if— knew by minister. it is a tumultuous day in politics and if people - knew by minister. it is a tumultuous day in politics and if people excuse l day in politics and if people excuse me i will continue looking down there so we can see the door of number 10 downing street. i would only say she is going on a successful three different challenges and one is the economic challenge, economic crisis, cost—of—living crisis, second discipline within the governing conservative party in the third thing is sorting out what is

written�*s post—brexit future because if you like liz truss's vision of post—brexit future was singapore on terms low tax state seems to be dealt a bitter blow so coming back to square one 0k, we've done this, what exactly is the conservative vision of britain in 2022? yes, and the two probably most pressing priorities will probably agree are stabilising the economy during a cost—of—living crisis and liz truss tried to do that. she got rid of her ideological soulmate, you are told, kwasi kwarteng, the person she initially appointed as chancellor because of that hugely negative market reaction to their platform, which was to cut taxes in order, they said, to promote growth. she then appointed jeremy hunt, a much more centrist figure in the party as her new chancellor. that was just two days ago. it is really hard to keep track of time because so much

has been tapping running in each segment it feels a lot longer than that. it is really dizzying and i think that is why liz truss whether she comes out at the door to tell us this whether they hand over to a written leader at some point the name of the game for the conservative party and for the country is absolutely stability, to try and calm things down a bit, calm things down certainly in terms of the international financial markets and, i guess, to stop giving off that vibe to the rest of the world that vibe to the rest of the world that we have somehow gone collectively crazy. but that we have somehow gone collectively crazy.— that we have somehow gone collectively crazy. but to pick up on the other— collectively crazy. but to pick up on the other priority, _ collectively crazy. but to pick up on the other priority, then, - collectively crazy. but to pick up| on the other priority, then, rob, collectively crazy. but to pick up i on the other priority, then, rob, a prime minister, where the liz truss or anyone else can't really do that, can't get a proper handle on the economy and any policy without the backing of the party. here she comes with her husband. liz truss, her husband alongside her. let's listen in. . . | in. can i hear? i came - in. can i hear? i came into - in. can i hear? i i came into office

in. can i hear? - i came into office at a in. can i hear? _ i came into office at a time of great economic and international instability. families and businesses were worried about how to pay their bills. heating's illegal war in ukraine threatens the security of our whole continent and i will country has been held back for too long by low economic growth. i was elected by the conservative party with a mandate to change this. we delivered on energy bills and on cutting national insurance. and we set out a vision for a low tax, high growth economy that would take advantage of the freedoms of brexit. i recognise, though, given the situation i cannot deliver the mandate on which i was elected by the conservative party. i have therefore spoken to his majesty the king to notify him that i am resigning as leader of the conservative party. this morning i met the chairman of the 1922

committee, sir graham brady. we have agreed that they will be a leadership election to be completed within the next week. this will ensure that we remain on a path to deliver our fiscal plans and maintain our country's economic stability and national security. i will remain as prime minister until a successor has been chosen. anki. —— thank you. studio: an extraordinary moment in british political history, a moment of huge drama. liz truss resigning, shejust told us, as leader of of huge drama. liz truss resigning, she just told us, as leader of the conservative party and therefore as prime minister. there will be another conservative party leadership election within the next week. our chief political, respondent nick eardley is still in downing street. her premiership, nick, has lasted less time than the

leadership campaign which she won? while, then, what else can you say? was an extraordinary moment in british political history —— wow. liz truss has been fine minister for a month and a half. this has been one of the shortest lived premiership ever in british history and we havejust premiership ever in british history and we have just heard the prime minister come out and say she accepts she cannot deliver the vision that she sold her party and to the country a few weeks ago. this is a really remarkable moment. the resignation of prime minister is is always a big deal but i have never seen anything like this and let's be clear what happened. yesterday, liz truss told us all she was a fighter and she was going to try and go on. what has happened over the past 2a hours is the level of chaos in government, the level of chaos in parliament and the conservative party has led to a point where liz truss knows that she cannot continue

and what will happen now is the quickest turnover of power that we have seen in quite some time. the prime minister has resigned as tory leader. that is done. over the next week, there will be a leadership election among conservative mps. this is a lightning speed change. the question now is whether the conservative party can coalesce around another leader, whether there is anybody who can unite the party. the answer at the moment is no and whether the party can avoid a general election because in a week's time by the end of october we are going to have our third prime minister of the year. remember, 11 days to date the chancellor is supposed to set out his plan to fill the fiscal black hole. by that time, ben, they will be a new prime minister. this is an unprecedented situation, and unprecedentedly short tenure for a prime minister and an

unprecedented crisis in british politics. unprecedented crisis in british olitics, , unprecedented crisis in british olitics. , ., , unprecedented crisis in british olitics. , . ., politics. just to be clear, nick, this leadership _ politics. just to be clear, nick, this leadership election - politics. just to be clear, nick, this leadership election will. politics. just to be clear, nick, i this leadership election will only be tory mps because of course the summer election that liz truss one was partly mps but then it was the conservative party members around the country who ultimately elected her as leader. this will be short and sharp and mps only, so could you see is the key candidates? obviously rishi sunak, one assumes, will be throwing his hat back into the ring? look, i mean, you're absolutely right. it is a big question about who is going to take over and some early names in the frame i can tell you, ben, rishi sunak lost the last leadership election. i think it will be tough for him. he is quite a divisive figure in the party. there is penny mordaunt, who also stood the senior leadership, seen a sombre —— seen by some as too inexperienced to take on the job in such a time of

crisis. the defence secretary ben wallace and suggested he doesn't want the job and i wonder whether that might change now given the level of crisis. jeremy hunt, the chancellor, somebody who has managed to steady the ship when it comes to the economy. a bit, anyway. maybe he is in the frame although speaking to some tory mps this morning some fear that removing the chancellor is one of the prime minister even if it was to put chancellor into number ten would cause even more crisis. the truth is, then, when i came into work this morning, we knew how bad the situation was for liz truss. we weren't sure we were going to end up here. there were some conservative mps think she probably has a few days, she may be has until the end of the month. the level of crisis as such, the level of opposition to the prime minister within her own party as such, she has been deliver that message by the 1922 committee of backbenchers that it was game over and now british politics is going to have to pick up the pieces of this remarkably short tenure in downing

street. i don't know how that is going to pan out. to be honest, so much has caught us by surprise over the past week because it has been so unprecedented, this incredibly short tenure. humiliation of liz truss's programme hope government has left this office, number ten, programme hope government has left this office, numberten, in programme hope government has left this office, number ten, in a very, very strange place this afternoon. studio: nick, thank you very much for your analysis. studio: nick, thank you very much foryouranalysis. nick studio: nick, thank you very much for your analysis. nick eardley there, our chief political correspondent chatting what has been a moment of political history in downing street. liz truss the prime minister saying she has spoken to the king and is resigning as leader of the conservative party and therefore there will be a leadership election in the next week, she said. she will stay on as prime minister until a new leader of the tory party emerges. letjust show you again what we heard from liz truss outside number ten. i we heard from liz truss outside number ten-— we heard from liz truss outside number ten. ., y . ., ., number ten. i came into office at a

time of great _ number ten. i came into office at a time of great economic _ number ten. i came into office at a time of great economic and - time of great economic and international instability. families and businesses were worried about how to pay their bills. putin's illegal war in ukraine threatens the security of our whole continent and our country has been held back for too long by low economic growth. i was elected by the conservative party with a mandate to change this. we delivered on energy bills and on cutting national insurance and we set out a vision for a low tax, high growth economy that would take advantage of the freedoms of brexit. i recognise, though, given the situation, i cannot deliver the mandate on which i was elected by the conservative party. i have therefore spoken to his majesty the king to notify him that i am designing is —— i am resigning as

leader of the conservative party. this morning, i met the leader of the 1922 committee, sir graham brady. we have agreed that there will be a leadership election to be completed within the next week. this will ensure we remain on a path to deliver our fiscal plans and maintain our country's fiscal stability and international security. i will remain as prime minister until a successor has been chosen. thank you. liz minister until a successor has been chosen. thank you.— minister until a successor has been chosen. thank you. liz truss outside number ten — chosen. thank you. liz truss outside number ten just _ chosen. thank you. liz truss outside number ten just a _ chosen. thank you. liz truss outside number ten just a few _ chosen. thank you. liz truss outside number ten just a few minutes - chosen. thank you. liz truss outside number ten just a few minutes ago. | number ten just a few minutes ago. let's go to our editor chris mater in downing street. just a few months ago she was saying she is a fighter not a quitter. she has quit. we are going to have in a week or so the fifth fight, tory flehmen stephen six years? fifth fight, tory flehmen stephen six ears? a ., , ,�* six years? astonishing, isn't it ben? just— six years? astonishing, isn't it ben? just three _ six years? astonishing, isn't it ben? just three and _ six years? astonishing, isn't it ben? just three and a - six years? astonishing, isn't it ben? just three and a half - six years? astonishing, isn't it - ben? just three and a half months ago i was standing in this very spot looking at elections at the woman who was on the spot minutes ago reporting on the resignation of the previous prime minister and the

conservative leadership. here we are just 100 days later and his successor, liz truss, the forms that same walk and utters a very similar set of words. if you thought yesterday was chaotic the chaos is going to deepen and out of the next few days is going to emerge of at least the conservative party hopes yet another prime minister. they hope they can kind of convention name out of their ranks amongst themselves to avoid a contest amongst conservative party members of the country which will take several months in order to present yet another leader of the country to the country at large and that new prime minister, if they can find someone who can unite the party, and thatis someone who can unite the party, and that is a massive if, because is you mightjust have noticed, the conservatives are not entirely united at the moment, they will then face a massive challenge of an legitimacy because the country were looking on that you do make new

leader and say who are you, where have you come from, what you stand for and what state do we have? the answer to the last one is you we won't of had but we should remember constitutionally we live in a parliamentary democracy and if a new prime minster can command a majority in the house of commons they have a constitutional right to serve until the next general election legally has to happen. that was the basis on which liz truss became prime minister having won the conservative party leadership. it is also the basis on which he is leading the leadership because he was no longer able to command a majority in the house of commons and therefore her position was untenable and so we're set for more turbulence, more intrigue, and they party the conservatives are incredibly aware that over the last five or six weeks their reputation, their brand, in their reputation, their brand, in the words of so many of them, has been fed into the shredder. they've got to try and turn that shredder on in reverse, which doesn't work, does

itit is difficult. and that is what they are trying to do, damage limitation as far as their brand is concerned and very conscious that whoever comes next faces all the same challenges liz truss faces in terms of domestic and international picture which is incredibly difficult, will also face a fractured party and will face the question that they lack a mandate and so a massive couple of weeks coming up and yet another prime minister. 2022, the year of three british prime ministers, at least. this, you said whoever comes next. why don't we just speculate about who this might be. we havejust heard on the leader of the commons penny mordaunt who has advised mps to keep calm and carry on. she, presumably, is one of the contenders, as is rishi sunak, the contenders, as is rishi sunak, the contenderfrom the contenders, as is rishi sunak, the contender from the summer's leadership election. i know that when people say keep calm and carry on it is usually because all hell is

breaking loose all around them and thatis breaking loose all around them and that is an accurate description of what is happening here at westminster at the moment. people's ambitions will — westminster at the moment. people's ambitions will be _ westminster at the moment. people's ambitions will be rekindled. _ westminster at the moment. people's ambitions will be rekindled. the - ambitions will be rekindled. the expectation after a leadership race is that there is likely to be at least years before another race happens. it is happening again within weeks and so yes, let's look at... i was going to say look at the riders. there are not anyone runners and are not any riders yet because so many of those who potentially take over will not want to say very much publicly prior to the resignation of liz truss. i'm just learning courtesy of nick eardley are chief political correspondent he was talking to a few minutes ago and has been back on his phone since he came of the television thatjeremy hunt the chancellor has said that he will not stand to be the next prime minister, which is in keeping with what he said publicly a couple of days ago that he two cracks of the whip at becoming conservative leader which both failed had removed less ambition from his body sojeremy hunt will not be standing as

conservative leader and nick eardley may have more as we can need to talk. what is in the mix? rishi sunak, former chancellor, run up in a contest of the summer. one conservative mp entered the other day. he said rishi sunak needs to put up or shut up using the language john major used in the 1990s when he faced questions around his leadership. in other words, this person was arguing, rishi sunak need to decide what he wants to do. he needs to either say he is keen on the job needs to either say he is keen on thejob again or say needs to either say he is keen on the job again or say he needs to either say he is keen on thejob again or say he has had a go and is not interested to allow the contest to run with or without him. the challenge for him, the rishi sunak, is he can he command the support of the party, particularly those who are very loyal to boris johnson? rishi sunak accused by borisjohnson as being one of the architects ofjohnson's dam. whether thatis architects ofjohnson's dam. whether that is fair or unfair doesn't really matter. perception is reality in politics —— one of the architects

ofjohnson's dam full. jeremy hunt as we had ruled himself out. penny mordaunt very narrowly missed out on making the final two in the contest in the country amongst conservative party members in the summer. if she had another half—dozen conservative mps backing her she would have made that one often been a favourite to win it up against rishi sunak so can she make the case that she can be something of the unifying candidate in these very... in these times of complete lack of unity within the conservative party? another name that gets mentioned as ben wallace, the defence secretary. didn't run last time over the summer so wasn't seen as being in the mix and in the melee and partisan in any particular way strongly over the summer. could he argue that he could be some sort of unifying candidate? they are the kind of names. one of the name i should mention because his name crops up in these conversations when i speak to conservative mps, swell braverman, former home secretary, so outspoken on the resignation letter yesterday after her meeting with liz

truss and her departure from the home office —— suella braverman. she seems the flag bearer of the right of the party but not universally liked on the right of the party. there are other significant voices on the right of the party who might have something to say about the idea of the suella braverman candidacy so thatis of the suella braverman candidacy so that is how it begins to work but then this is a postcode that has plenty of ambition in it and if you are going to try and unify around a single candidate of the least we to process down you have to ask people who are often freighted with ambition to press pause on their ambitions and that is quite hard in the place where there is nothing wrong with aspiring to be prime minister is. but as the process internally the conservative party is embarking on right now with the end product being the new prime minister for the rest of us. when that we're just hearing from keir starmer the labour labour demanding an immediate

general election. he's been calling for a general election for some time now but saying he wants a general election now and it goes back to what you were talking about a little early on about the questions that people may have about the democratic legitimacy of any new prime minister, whoever it is. absolutely and that will _ minister, whoever it is. absolutely and that will be _ minister, whoever it is. absolutely and that will be a _ minister, whoever it is. absolutely and that will be a central- minister, whoever it is. absolutely| and that will be a central challenge for the new prime minister with an added layer of absurdity on top of what liz truss had to deal with, so she faced the same questions about legitimacy for exactly the same reasons. she wasn't on the head of the ticket, if you like, when the conservatives won the last general election and neither will liz truss's success at the but then you head on to the fact that we have got another prime minister this has just emerged which adds to the sort of lay of absurdity on to that question of legitimacy and, as i say, there is a constitutional and political path you can look at here. constitutionally, if they can command a majority in the house of commons they have untiljanuary 2025 and the covenant course or end limit

of this parliament runs out too, in a constitutional sense, legitimately run a government at westminster if they can come in a constitutional sense, legitimately run a government at westminster if they can command a majority in the house of commons but politically that, from sir keir starmer and others for a general election will get louder and louder and louder so what will be the political strategy of the new prime minister? when you speak to conservative mps several senior ones say to me whoever the new prime minister is will have to address that elephant in the room on day one. probably, come to think of it, standing that likes and a few minutes dumped metres behind me —— standing at that lectern a few metres behind me acknowledge there is... say let's have a general election eczema but in the meantime winter is ahead and there is a war in europe and the country faces big challenges but let's carry on for now and that might allow politically conservative prime minister to drag

their poll ratings out of the gutter where they are now to place a little further north. i speculate as i meant that argument but that is the conversation you have among conservative mps who wrestle with how you approach that. there are others who are far, far more blunt and just say the argument against a general election will be impossible to stand in the way of and one will have to come along sooner rather than later, which, in the short term, if you look at the opinion polls, could be devastating for the conservatives. studio: chris, just to go back to the beginning, really, liz truss standing down as leader of the party she has onlyjust been elected to lead and she has been prime minister for 44 days. it is an extraordinary story of political failure, isn't it? it story of political failure, isn't it? , , , ., , it? it is. it is brutal, it is humility. _ it? it is. it is brutal, it is humility, humiliating, i it? it is. it is brutal, it is humility, humiliating, it| it? it is. it is brutal, it is | humility, humiliating, it is devastating for liz truss that things could unravel with such

ferocity in a matter ofjust six and a half weeks. the prime minister who would start within days of taking office with the prime minister at the passing of the queen and so soon after that would make a great point in great political point of racing out of the traps with this shock and door strategy as it has been described at this programme for government —— shock and awe. that just exploded in contact with the reality, markets, opinion polls and her own party. she associated with this question about her shortness of her tenure and failure of prime minister. it is absolutely astonishing and even the biggest critics of liz truss, who feared that some of her perspectives for government mine encounter trouble with the markets and others, —— might encounter trouble. couldn't possibly have imagined the speed it would unravel both politically and

economically forcing upon her the moment we'vejust economically forcing upon her the moment we've just witnessed. this. moment we've “ust witnessed. this, “ust a bit moment we've “ust witnessed. this, just a bit of — moment we've just witnessed. this, just a bit of international _ just a bit of international reaction. president emmanuel macron of france has said it is important uk finds stability as soon as possible. on a personal level i am always sad to see colleagues go was also the first minister of scotland nicola sturgeon, you may not be entirely surprised to see this reaction from her, quotes from nicola sturgeon there are no words to describe this utter shambles adequately. it is beyond hyperbole and poverty. in reality, though, is that ordinary people are paying the price just smack beyond hyperbole and parity. thought conversation with leaders around the uk this is a moment of opportunity? it is because it is the moment _ moment of opportunity? it is because it is the moment the _ moment of opportunity? it is because it is the moment the political - it is the moment the political landscape changes once again and with that comes a recalibration is the opposition looking at the conservative party, imagine who their new opponent at the top of that might be injust a

their new opponent at the top of that might be in just a few days' time and then start thinking about how they reorient their campaigning and their messaging towards a new opponent and you know what, then, just a0 minutes ago i was standing in parliament chewing the fat in the coverdell with a senior labour mp who was talking about how they'd been drafting what might be on their election leaflets given all the turbulence in what their key messages would be in labour acknowledging they cannot quite believe this. we were there to be highly competitive and opinion polls suggest they would win and given where labour have been that sounds like an extraordinary turnaround so absolutely this is an extraordinary moment and we see in quite frequently in uk at the moment where the political weather changes again, where all the plates start moving again and wear what looked even briefly to be solid, and that is perhaps the exaggerated any point liz truss's hold on office —— to exaggerated any point... suddenly turns to n again, everything is

moving around, everything is unpredictable and yet again we are left acting just maximally turns to air again, left acting just maximally turns to airagain, yet again left acting just maximally turns to air again, yet again we are left asking who will be a new premonition asking who will be a new premonition a few months' time and we don't know. b, a few months' time and we don't know. �* , , , , a few months' time and we don't know. ,,, ., a few months' time and we don't know. ,, , ., know. a surprise she has gone so ruickl know. a surprise she has gone so quickly given _ know. a surprise she has gone so quickly given she _ know. a surprise she has gone so quickly given she did _ know. a surprise she has gone so quickly given she did say - know. a surprise she has gone so quickly given she did say she - know. a surprise she has gone so quickly given she did say she was| know. a surprise she has gone so l quickly given she did say she was a fighter not acquitted? was there any way she could have hung on? boris johnson of course face to you whole slew of government resignations. we had the home secretary resigned yesterday but we haven't had a whole barrage of resignations in the same way. we barrage of resignations in the same wa . ~ ., �* , barrage of resignations in the same wa . ~ . �* , way. we haven't but you run the counter of _ way. we haven't but you run the counter of what _ way. we haven't but you run the counter of what would _ way. we haven't but you run the counter of what would happen i way. we haven't but you run the counter of what would happen if| way. we haven't but you run the i counter of what would happen if we hadn't had that moment now. she met sir graham brady, the chairman of the 1922 committee. it was hisjob to tell conservative leaders whether they command the confidence of their party, been meeting him pretty much every day for the last few days, saw him at lunchtime today at her request and if you said to her, which seems likely she did —— he did that she had lost the trust of the

parliamentary party of course you could have fought on rather than quit today, perhaps, maybe even tomorrow, but the fact is a moment would have come where she would have been forced from office rather than being seen to voluntarily walk the plank. now, those two things add up to the same thing because a prime minister who becomes an ex prime minister who becomes an ex prime minister in pretty short order but in the end, i suppose, in a situation as desperate and humbling and embarrassing and crushing as basis for any person. i mean, put yourself into liz truss's shoes. detach yourself from the politics are just a moment and imagine the heaviness in her heart walking out just six weeks on from when she did. her husband, you will spot it, came out at the same time. what a difficult moment for her and in that moment, i suspect the thought that if the alternative is a moment in parliament where you are humiliated very visibly and very audibly, if thatis very visibly and very audibly, if that is the alternative to coming

out at a moment of your choosing, kind of, even if the bigger moment was only a couple of days away, perhaps in the end of the lesser of two horrible, horrible options is the one you would choose. so i think she would argue she fought until quitting was inevitable. just she would argue she fought until quitting was inevitable.— quitting was inevitable. just one last question. — quitting was inevitable. just one last question, chris, _ quitting was inevitable. just one last question, chris, and - quitting was inevitable. just one last question, chris, and then i | last question, chris, and then i will let you go together and get reaction from everybody else at westminster there. yesterday prime minister's questions keir starmer the later lieber opened by saying i am told there is a book about you prime minister, it is called out by christmas. is that the release date of the title? and she is out by the end of october.— end of october. yes, quite. as it turns out. _ end of october. yes, quite. as it turns out, incidentally, - end of october. yes, quite. as it turns out, incidentally, i- turns out, incidentally, i understand that book written by harry golding and a second author is well has already had its title changed to out of the blue, which captures any sort of consequence and obviously blue being the colour of the conservative party. i expect at

least an additional final and first chapter being bashed out rather rapidly for that particular tone. she was the subject of merton vic, the ridicule from the opposition party, wasn't she? not a place any opposition dumb prime minister ever wants to be in. —— she was the subject as mirth and ridicule. they will not be the only book you hear of about liz truss because the sheer scale and volume of her rise and fall on the roller—coaster of her premiership but also roller—coaster being so steeped in contemporary british political history will be the subject is a huge amount of analysis and scrutiny in history. that is what it is, history defining premiership from her perspective for all the wrong reasons. this. premiership from her perspective for all the wrong reasons.— all the wrong reasons. this, very crateful all the wrong reasons. this, very grateful to _ all the wrong reasons. this, very grateful to you — all the wrong reasons. this, very grateful to you for _ all the wrong reasons. this, very grateful to you for all _ all the wrong reasons. this, very grateful to you for all your- all the wrong reasons. this, very grateful to you for all your time i grateful to you for all your time there in bringing the latest in what

has been an extraordinarily dramatic day outside number 10 downing street with liz truss, enhancing her resignation as leader of the conservative party. they will be a new leader and a new prime minister within a week. welcome to viewers both here in the uk and right around the world. the british prime minister liz truss has resigned after six weeks in office, marked by some of the greatest turmoil in post—war british politics. liz truss has admitted in the last few minutes she could no longer deliver the mandate that she was elected on. her decision followed a meeting with the senior conservative party backbencher sir graham brady, the conservatives will hold an election to replace her within the next week, producing the third british prime minister since the summer. the labour party has called for an immediate general election. in a brief statement in

downing street, liz truss