British PM Liz Truss resigns after just 45 days in office

British Prime Minister Liz Truss resigned Thursday after being in office for just 45 days.

Her short-lived term brought turmoil to financial markets and a rebellion within her own party.

Truss made a brief statement outside her 10 Downing St. office after meeting with Graham Brady, a senior Conservative lawmaker who oversees leadership challenges.

“I cannot deliver the mandate on which I was elected by the Conservative Party,” she said.

Brady was tasked with assessing whether the prime minister still had the support of Tory members of Parliament, and it seemed she did not.

Truss’ resignation is the third by a Conservative prime minister in as many years and leaves a divided party seeking a leader who can unify its warring factions.

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Just a day earlier, Truss had vowed to stay in power, saying she was “a fighter and not a quitter.”

But Truss couldn’t hold on any longer.

A senior minister quit her government with a barrage of criticism and a vote in the House of Commons descended into chaos.

Truss was also forced to abandon many of her economic policies.

A growing number of lawmakers had called for Truss to resign after weeks of turmoil sparked by her economic plan.

When the plan was initially unveiled by the government last month, it triggered financial turmoil and a political crisis that has seen the replacement of Truss’ Treasury chief, multiple policy U-turns and a breakdown of discipline in the governing Conservative Party.

“It’s time for the prime minister to go,” Conservative lawmaker Miriam Cates said earlier.

Truss said she will remain in office for a few more days while the process unfolds.