convened her final cabinet meeting afterjust seven weeks in office, making her the shortest serving prime minister in british history. i cannot deliver the mandate on which i was elected by the conservative party. i have therefore spoken to his majesty the king to notify him that i am resigning as leader of the conservative party. this is the easy bit, they will appreciate the transition from one prime minister to the other. after that, in tough road lies ahead with rising inflation, rising bills and rising inflation, rising bills and rising interest rates. we will bring you more throughout another momentous day in british politics. do stay with us on bbc news. it has been a period of immense instability in british politics, the transitions between two prime ministers in a matter of months. a busy summer, a long contest to decide who would become the leader of the conservative party, the ruling party in the uk at the moment. they have been in office first with coalition partn
ended up in number ten. well, yes, i he has been helped by circumstances. events helping. yell among the political fortunes of rishi sunak have gone up and down like the british economy in the last few weeks. ,, ., ., weeks. seven weeks ago when liz truss arrived weeks. seven weeks ago when liz truss arrived here, weeks. seven weeks ago when liz truss arrived here, we weeks. seven weeks ago when liz truss arrived here, we thought i weeks. seven weeks ago when liz i truss arrived here, we thought rishi sunak s political career was pretty much over. he may well have left parliament and decided to do something else. today, a couple of hours from now, he gets the top job. seven weeks time, perhaps we should have this conversation again. let s talk to our royal correspondent nicholas witchell who s at buckingham palace for us. good morning to you. what constitutional process will be see played out over the next few hours? good morning. the choreography is well practised. we ve seen i
they are not panicking as much about what the government is doing. i think he is probably one who stays in hisjob. when it comes to think he is probably one who stays in his job. when it comes to the rest of the cabinet, rishi sunak has big decisions to make. rest of the cabinet, rishi sunak has big decisions to make. presumably he can make a mistake big decisions to make. presumably he can make a mistake many big decisions to make. presumably he can make a mistake many think- big decisions to make. presumably he can make a mistake many think liz i can make a mistake many think liz truss made which was pack it with allies. ., , truss made which was pack it with allies. 1, ., ,., truss made which was pack it with allies. allies. and boris johnson, bay both at the same. allies. and boris johnson, bay both at the same. l allies. and boris johnson, bay both at the same, i don t allies. and boris johnson, bay both at the same, i don t think- allies. and boris johnson, ba
damage done in a relatively short period. damage done in a relatively short eriod. , , , period. absolutely, there will be able to conservative period. absolutely, there will be able to conservative citrine - period. absolutely, there will be | able to conservative citrine gloss over the last seven weeks and pretend it did not happen, but you speak to a lot of tory mps are speak to economists listen to economists and a lot of them will say liz truss has made rishi sunak sjob a lot harder. there will be that strange moment today where there is the physical handover of power where we see staff members come out here and go back to number 11 and disappear out the back door. go back to number“ and disappear out the back door. . . out the back door. some of them will not have out the back door. some of them will not have jobs out the back door. some of them will not have jobs any out the back door. some of them will not have jobs any more. - out the back door. some of them will
will want to spend a lot of time trying to shore up with paperwork, being in meetings, having ideas, being in meetings, having ideas, being shouted at in downing street by full slick you and me and also having a constituency to represent. a lot of conservative mps right now worried about their constituencies, will want to spend a lot of time trying to sort out their personal poke. there is the education was education secretary for two days, culture secretary now, what she have a job by the end of the day? let s wait and see. 0nejob a job by the end of the day? let s wait and see. 0ne job that will be interesting to keep an eye on and a challenging one is chief whip. wendy martin i m almost certain will not be chief whip by the end of the day, had a pretty tough time of it, not gone down all that well with some conservative mps, a row over discipline in the party that broke the camels back wendy morton. let s see who gets the chief whip job. kamel s back. the thing to watch out