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>> i really shouldn't say this but i hope all of those people that put ms. truss in number 10, i hope it was worth it. i hope it was worth it for the ministry of the red box. and i hope it was worth it to sit around the cabinet table because the damage they have done to our party is extraordinary. >> you look just furious about it. >> i am. i've had enough. i've had enough of talentless people putting their tick in the right box, not because it's in the national interest, but because it's in their own personal interest. >> truss saw herself as a modern day thatcher for an economically lost bri...

The other night i asked her... will you lead the conservatives into the next general election? i will lead the conservatives into the next general election? definitely? yes. even yesterday, she said... i am a fighter and not a quitter. now it turns out she has done with fighting and she has quit. so he will take over? you mightjust remember this guy. hasta la vista, baby. hasta la vista, could we see him again? the runner up, rishi sunak could be another possibility. as our penny mordaunt and kemi badenoch. and the woman who resigned as home secretary yesterday, having a go at liz truss

How did all of this happen? the era of liz truss is far too short to even deserve that word. this was her arriving as prime minister last month. the chancellor! thank you, thank you. in short, nearly her entire programme for government imploded on contact with reality. mr speaker, we're at the beginning of a new era, and as we contemplate... shouting. that's right, a new era. "mini budget, maxi disaster," as her colleagues called this privately. the markets tanked. so did her poll ratings. and her mps lost faith almost instantly. the other night i asked her... will you lead the conservatives a...

She told mps defiantly that she was a fighter, not a quitter. herfate was sealed by the resignation of the home secretary yesterday in the chaotic scenes in the house of commons last night. 1:30pm this afternoon liz truss emerged outside number ten and announced she had spoken to the king and was resigning. a new prime minister is expected to be in place by next friday, but it could be as soon as monday. our political editor chris mason begins our coverage. lunchtime in downing street and the podium is back, six weeks and two days since liz truss stood behind as she became prime minister, she ...

Economically. you have a war in ukraine, you have higher energy prices, and you're doing this? so the markets rebelled. they wouldn't buy the government's bonds. and that's where you end up. you end up with interest rates rising sharply in britain, mortgage holders terrified of when their fixed rates come to an end, and an economy that is sliding from bad to worse. in that scenario, she held on, i mean, victor, you have got to give her -- you know, they have been saying for days that she would go, so for her to go now shows how bad the situation got. >> it was just yesterday you were bringing ...