Truss is spending her first Conservative Party conference as leader this week scrambling to reassure financial markets spooked by her government's see-sawing economic pledges, while trying to restore her authority with a party that fears its chance of reelection is crumbling.
Liz Truss should be celebrating her first month as Britain’s prime minister. Instead, she’s fighting for her job, AP writes.
Truss is spending her first Conservative Party conference as leader this week scrambling to reassure financial markets spooked by her government’s see-sawing economic pledges, while trying to restore her authority with a party that fears its chance of reelection is crumbling.
After abandoning a tax cut for the wealthy that sparked a storm of opposition, Truss insisted Tuesday that she is leading “a listening government” that learns from its mistakes.
“I think there’s absolutely no shame in a leader listening to people and responding, and that’s the kind of person I am,” she told Sky News.
To the BBC she said: “We have learned from the feedback we’ve received.”
That “feedback” has been dramatic: Truss’ four weeks in office have seen the pound plunge to record lows against the dollar, the Bank of England take emergency action and the opposition Labour Party surge to record highs against her Conservatives in opinion polls.
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