After a term of only six weeks, Liz Truss has resigned as prime minister of the United Kingdom.
Among other things, her economic agenda sent markets into panic and led to a fall in the value of the pound, CNN reported.
Truss garnered support from Conservative members by promising low-tax, pro-growth policiescriticized by some as a lurch toward trickle-down economics. However, within weeks of coming to power she disavowed the plans, firing Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng and ditching virtually all of the fiscal agenda in the wake of a market backlash.
A final chaotic display saw Truss allies accused of manhandling lawmakers to force them to vote against a fracking ban on Oct. 19.
Even before she started her term, Truss fell short with the LGBTQ+ community. PinkNews ran an article entitled "7 reasons Liz Truss as prime minister is terrifying for LGBTQ+ people." A few of the reasons included Truss' anti-trans views (as she and opponent Rishi Sunak claim trans females aren't women), her pledge to move away from the "identity politics" of the left and her failure to ban conversion therapy.
The Conservative Party will now throw itself into an unprecedentedly quick leadership election, with a new prime minister set to be installed within a week, according to PinkNews.