British Home Secretary Suella Braverman announced that she was quitting her post, adding to Prime Minister Liz Truss' political woes that consist of bullying and financial turmoil.
A chaotic day in Parliament has left the UK prime minister's survival even more in jeopardy amid angry scenes during a fracking vote in the Commons. Opposition MPs argued that some Tories were being bullied and manhandled into voting with the government on fracking.
Suella Braverman Quits
However, a minister has denied the claim but many Tory MPs ended the day feeling angry and let down by their own party. Furthermore, conservative MP Charles Walker said that the situation in the region was a "shambles."
He said that there was no "coming back" for the British government, being seen visibly furious at the situation. He added later that he expects the prime minister to resign in the near future because he claims that she is not up to the job.
On Wednesday, Downing Street started believing that Truss was on a more solid footing after the appointment of Jeremy Hunt as chancellor. The latter's decision to reverse much of the prime minister's mini-Budge appeared to have calmed the markets somewhat, as per BBC.
Truss also survived Prime Minister's Questions, which is the weekly question session with MPs, relatively unscathed. However, the situation started to turn on Truss shortly afterward as it now seems impossible that the chaos can be bottled and buried to be forgotten.
The problem has become too profound with the outrage among Conservatives being too deep-seated for any sense of serenity to be established for as long as Truss is the prime minister.
According to CNN, Braverman's resignation only added fuel to the flames that are burning Truss' political career. The former home secretary noted her reason for the decision was over the use of a personal email address that breached ministerial rules.
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Liz Truss' Political Woes
In a thinly veiled criticism of Truss' numerous reversals, Braverman said that the business of the government relies upon people accepting responsibility for their mistakes. She added that pretending not to make mistakes and moving on is not serious politics.
The former home secretary said that she had her concerns about the direction that the British government was heading. Braverman noted that not only have they broken key pledges that voters were promised, she doubted the government's commitment to honoring manifesto commitments.
On the other hand, Truss accepted Braverman's resignation, saying that it was important that the ministerial code is upheld and that cabinet confidentiality is respected. Hours after the announcement, politicians shared accounts on Twitter showing the angry scenes of shouting and altercation in the UK Parliament.
The government whips, which is responsible for imposing party discipline and telling the party how to vote, made the opposition Labor Party motion on banning fracking a vote of confidence in the government earlier today.
The chaotic situation follows other woes for the prime minister as she struggles with firing Kwasi Kwarteng, her former chancellor, and the financial turmoil that was caused by the government's experimental mini-Budget, OilPrice reported.
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