Britain's interior minister quit on Wednesday with a thinly-veiled criticism of Prime Minister Liz Truss, who is battling to reassert her authority as lawmakers from her own party openly call on her to quit.
Thomson ReutersIn this image taken from video from the U.K. House of Commons, Prime Minister Liz Truss speaks during prime minister's questions Wednesday.The departure of Suella Braverman, over a "technical" breach of government rules, means Truss has now lost two of her most senior ministers in less than a week, both replaced by politicians who had not backed her for the leadership.
Another MP, Charles Walker, told BBC television he was "livid" at the "talentless people" who had put Truss into power, just because they wanted a job. "I think it is a shambles and a disgrace," he said. The latest turn in what seems to be a never-ending political drama at Westminster comes as millions of Britons worry about rising inflation and cuts to public spending, with the political elite seen to be doing little to ease those concerns.
But he said, referring to Truss's new finance minister: "Jeremy Hunt, I think, has done a great job of settling the issues relating to that mini budget."Media reports suggested Truss and Braverman may have clashed over immigration. Braverman, who said recently that she dreamed of seeing asylum seekers being deported to Rwanda, has advocated a hard line on immigration numbers.
Voting results showed that 40 Conservative lawmakers did not take part in the vote, although some of those were on work trips or unwell. The prime minister was met with laughter, boos and jeers, especially when she told the opposition Labour Party it needed to grasp economic reality.
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