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After meeting with her deputy prime minister, Therese Coffey, and Tory party chair Jake Berry, and being told that she could no longer count on the support of a majority of Conservative MPs, Truss submitted her resignation to the [[Charles III|King]] on Thursday, October 20. Only 44 days had elapsed since her appointment as prime minister. In her announcement of the news, she stated "I cannot deliver on the mandate....I will remain as PM until a successor has been chosen."<ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11336361/Truss-QUITS-PM-admits-carry-crisis-talks.html Liz Truss resigns as Prime Minister after just 44 days]. ''Daily Mail'', Oct. 20, 2022.</ref>
After meeting with her deputy prime minister, Therese Coffey, and Tory party chair Jake Berry, and being told that she could no longer count on the support of a majority of Conservative MPs, Truss submitted her resignation to the [[Charles III|King]] on Thursday, October 20. Only 44 days had elapsed since her appointment as prime minister. In her announcement of the news, she stated "I cannot deliver on the mandate....I will remain as PM until a successor has been chosen."<ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11336361/Truss-QUITS-PM-admits-carry-crisis-talks.html Liz Truss resigns as Prime Minister after just 44 days]. ''Daily Mail'', Oct. 20, 2022.</ref>
=== Post-premiership activities ===
=== Post-premiership activities ===
On 6 February 2023, Liz Truss blamed a "leftist economic establishment" and US socialist autocrat [[Joe Biden]] for the downfall of her government.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2023/02/06/truss-leftist-economic-establishment-biden-killed-my-low-tax-agenda-govt/ Truss: Leftist ‘Economic Establishment’, Biden Killed My Low-Tax Agenda Govt]</ref>
On 6 February 2023, Liz Truss blamed a "leftist economic establishment" and US socialist autocrat [[Joe Biden]] for the downfall of her government.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2023/02/06/truss-leftist-economic-establishment-biden-killed-my-low-tax-agenda-govt/ Truss: Leftist ‘Economic Establishment’, Biden Killed My Low-Tax Agenda Govt]</ref>
On 6 February 2024, Liz Truss laucnhed a new movement, PopCon (for Popular Conservatism), of which her stated aim was to challenge the "left-wing orthodoxy" and "making it a positive thing to be a conservative", by stopping the spread of [[Woke|wokery]], [[political correctness]] and left-wing ideology.<ref>[https://www.gbnews.com/politics/liz-truss-gb-news-popular-conservatism-speech 'Watch GB News': Liz Truss launches new movement to 'take on left-wing extremists' and 'stand up for conservative values']</ref>
==Criticism==
==Criticism==
Former Russian President [[Dmitri Medvedev]] wrote of Truss on [[Telegram]], who as foreign minister was influential in refusing a negotiated settlement and bringing about the Russia-Ukraine war:
Former Russian President [[Dmitri Medvedev]] wrote of Truss on [[Telegram]], who as foreign minister was influential in refusing a negotiated settlement and bringing about the Russia-Ukraine war: