LONDON, British Prime Minister Liz Truss struggled to maintain her grip on power on Thursday, a day after another prime minister resigned and a coalition between her lawmakers in parliament and After a dramatic breakdown of discipline, bickering and bickering ensued. .
After six weeks in office, Truss suffered a bond market rout, suffered the lowest approval rating of a British leader in decades, abandoned almost all of his policy program and is now his own minister. The interior lost, who resigned on Wednesday, less than a week after sacking her finance minister.
Lawmakers sparred in parliament on Wednesday amid confusion over whether the vote on fracking was a vote of confidence in his administration.
There were reports – later denied – that the government’s chief whip, who is in charge of parliamentary enforcement, had resigned.
In a sign of the chaos, Downing Street released a statement at 1:33 a.m. (0033 GMT) saying the prime minister had “full confidence” in the chief whip and his deputy.
“The whips will now speak to Conservative MPs who failed to back the government,” a government spokesman said. “Those who fail to vote with the government without reasonable excuse can expect proportionate disciplinary action.”
Truss has been fighting for its political survival since September 23 when then-Finance Minister Kwasi Kwarteng announced a “mini-budget” that sent shock waves through financial markets.
