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Britain's shortest-serving female prime minister

The desperation of the British female prime minister

By Signe ChisPublished 3 years ago 7 min read
Elizabeth Truss

I have to say, it's so hard for the British.

After Truss announced his resignation as British Prime Minister, I saw some British people laughing at themselves and said: My son has already gone through four Chancellors of the Exchequer, three Home Secretaries, two Prime Ministers, and two monarchs in his life, and he is only four months old.

You can imagine the helplessness and anguish of the British.

Look at the CNN report, the big headline is: Truss's resignation has left a political party in tatters and a nation in despair.

The article said it was a jaw-dropping day for the British, and the British are in question: What the hell is wrong?

What the hell is going on?

The beginning of the story should still be very inspiring. As the third female prime minister in British history, Truss, who came to power a month or so ago, wanted to learn from Margaret Thatcher and be ambitious to do something big.

So she launched a bold plan to cut taxes, intended to stimulate the British economy.

Which knows, the result is not only not inspirational, but disastrous. Truss this first fire, immediately burned to their own. The British stock market, currency market, and bond market, the three markets fell together, the British looked dumbfounded, and the world looked dumbfounded.

Why?

Britain needs money to cut taxes, where does the money come from? Government bonds soared, and the government can not borrow money; more dangerously, this poses a serious threat to the British pension fund. Rising interest rates, in turn, have dramatically increased the cost of mortgages and, in the words of CNN, "dashed the hopes of potential homeowners almost overnight."

People all over the UK were outraged, and seeing that things were going badly, Truss was the first to dump the pot, in addition to withdrawing the reform package 180 degrees, while flipping out and firing his close partner, Chancellor of the Exchequer Kathleen. Poor Kathleen became the second shortest-lived finance minister in the history of the United Kingdom.

In the face of the party's persecution, Truss refused to resign and even shouted "I am a fighter, not a deserter," these brave words, but the reality is merciless. In the Conservative Party, the various bigwigs have forced the Palace, and she has lost the credibility of the Prime Minister and continues to govern, not only her bones but also the Conservative Party will be completely pulled down.

The British media even asked readers to guess: whether Truss has been in power for a long time or lettuce has been on the table for longer.

In the end, the answer was revealed: the lettuce won.

Truss resigned in a fit of despair, setting a record worse than Kathleen. Well, at least Kathleen was second in history, but Truss was the shortest-lived prime minister Britain has ever had.

Elizabeth Truss

The bottom line is, what happens next?

Personal opinion, five consequences, right, or rather, five serious consequences that Truss's resignation leaves to the UK and the world.

Consequence one, the United Kingdom began southern Pasteurization.

In the past, familiar with the international politics of friends know that in Europe, southern Europe, and Italy to change the Prime Minister diligently; in Asia, East Asia, and Japan change the Prime Minister quickly. So much so that at one time the U.S. President was reluctant to immediately meet the leaders of these two countries, who knows who you see today and who you change tomorrow?

Who knows, the British Empire is now really coming to the fore. Within a year, the change of monarch, but also produced a third prime minister.

It is interesting to note that Truss, 47 years old, had only been in power for 45 days when he announced his resignation.

What is even more ridiculous is that Johnson, who resigned because of the scandal, is trying to make a comeback. Moreover, he was said to be at the top of the Conservative Party's popularity rankings.

British politics is becoming sauced and southern European, so to speak, and we are witnessing one of the most jaw-dropping periods in Britain in centuries.

Consequence two, the British lost a lot of money.

But through this toss and turn, the British people with damaged pockets, really want to curse.

The pound exchange rate fell to almost 1:1 with the dollar; the British stock market, drove the entire Western stock market to swoop forward. The British were furious, which is like revitalizing the economy, but pushing the British economy into the abyss.

An immature plan that would mean disaster for the country. Scotland's chief minister, Dame Nicola Sturgeon, lashed out, "Her (Truss) decision has collapsed the British economy and brought misery to people already struggling with a cost-of-living crisis."

The most impressive thing Britain has done for the world in the past six or seven years is to toss it. The Scottish referendum was a toss-up, Brexit was even more of a toss-up, and now the tax cuts are still a toss-up. Each toss, all in the name of the good of the British, but the end, the most unlucky, or the British people.

Consequence three, let the Europeans look at the joke.

Macron is the first to see the joke. After the resignation of Truss, French President Macron immediately stated: he will not comment on the domestic politics of the United Kingdom, "it is important that the United Kingdom restore political stability as soon as possible, which is what I hope."

But Macron's joy, overflowing with words. You know, before coming to power, Truss, identified the opponent as Macron, even when asked whether Macron is "a friend or an enemy (of Britain)," she coldly replied, "Not yet sure."

This statement, angry Macron almost back, immediately replied, "If even France and Britain can not figure out each other is an enemy or friend, then the trouble is big ......"

Now, Macron is still president, while Truss has stepped down in disgrace.

The British political turmoil, which began with Brexit, the Brexit off into a chicken feather, 7 years changed 5 prime ministers, but the chaos is still and not over, really let the Europeans see the joke.

Consequences four, more for the world to see the farce.

In the history of the world, the British toss is the most famous. It can be said that on this planet, there are just a few countries that have not been tossed by the British. India and Pakistan, the Middle East, Africa, and more recently France and the European Union, have all learned the British world's superb tossing skills.

Perhaps it is the dissatisfaction with the British tossing. So much so that after the death of the Queen of England this year, Indian Prime Minister Midi did not go to the funeral, but turned to Japan to attend the funeral of Shinto Abe. You know, India and Britain what relationship?

I guess Midi also did not expect that the British tossed and turned, and eventually tossed to themselves, even tossed than the most dramatic British drama is still British drama.

So much so that former Russian President Dmitri Medieval mocked: "The Nobel Prize in Economics should be awarded to Truss for her fastest destruction of the country's financial system."

Consequence five, the mess is unmanageable.

The Conservative Party's various bigwigs are rubbing their hands together to become the new prime minister. But will Britain be better off with a new Truss?

A quote from a CNN report sums it up: "The big beasts in British politics are likely to continue to have a stranglehold on each other's throats for the foreseeable future, which is terrible news for its citizens given the state of the country."

The British are facing an auspicious and unpredictable future. Why Truss is taking a big gamble, as the fired Kathleen explained, is because Britain's problems have piled up, and "if this country is going to succeed, then changes have to be made."

In other words, in the past few decades, the UK has accumulated a series of serious problems, the problem of inflation, the problem of debt, the problem of taxation, the problem of fairness, the problem of efficiency, the problem of immigration ...... everything has come to the point where no change is possible, the more you delay the problem, the bigger the problem, the more you delay the easier it is to eventually explode.

But is this a problem unique to the UK?

Nor is it.

Otherwise, the French would not have recently taken to the streets and held constant protests; the Germans would not have been hesitant to worry about the energy crisis; U.S. inflation reached its highest in 40 years, and Biden would not have tried various means to force Saudi Arabia to increase production instead of cutting it ......

History does not end, the crisis continues in the West, as the earth's fire runs and bursts underground; once the lava spews out, it will burn up all the weeds, as well as the trees, and so and beyond decay ......

See the former U.S. Treasury Secretary Summers warned: Britain's policy is very irresponsible, the current market, and the international financial crisis in 2008 before the outbreak of striking similarity.

Reform is also a revolution, touching interests is more difficult than touching the soul. Truss's farce, has not much to do with whether it is a woman, revealing the poor level of governance, revealing the dirty politics of collusion, which is just a footnote to a big time.

What comes, always comes. You see him up high, you see him, feast guests, you see him building collapsed.

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