the british government has been plunged into fresh chaos after the resignation of its home secretary, suella braverman, and accusations by some members of the governing conservative party that they had been manhandled into supporting the government in a vote in parliament. in her resignation letter, ms braverman accused the prime minister liz truss of pretending there had been no mistakes and hoping everything would magically come right . later, two ministers in charge of party discipline were rumoured to have resigned, but it was later announced that they are to remain in post. here s the bbc s political editor chris mason. tonight at westminster, rolling case studies in chaos crises engulfing the government by the hour. the home secretary resigns. those at the highest level in government don t even know if others have followed her. at teatime, a man who was rebelling against liz truss just days ago was appointed by her as home secretary. i accept that the government has
we start here in the uk, where as you have been hearing the pressure on prime minister liz truss is building after another day of political chaos. the exit of a key cabinet member, home secretary suella braverman, who delivered a blistering attack on her former boss in her resignation letter. then a huge row in the house of commons over a vote on fracking, seen as a test of loyalty to the prime minister. it saw the pound fall sharply on wednesday, wiping out all the gains made this week after liz truss replaced her chancellor and abandoned the tax cutting plans that had rattled the markets. our political editor chris mason was following events. conservative mps are openmouthed in horror at what they are witnessing, government six week old histjunked the majority of its programme and removed a chancellor in a day of complete chaos, at lunchtime a senior adviser to the prime minister suspended over allegations of briefing against conservative mps, after prime minister s questi
i hope all those people that put liz truss in number ten, i hope it was worth it, i hope it was worth it to sit around the cabinet table, because the damage they have done to our party is extraordinary. fix, because the damage they have done to our party is extraordinary. our party is extraordinary. a weak prime minister our party is extraordinary. a weak prime minister flailing our party is extraordinary. a weak prime minister flailing from - our party is extraordinary. a weak prime minister flailing from one l prime minister flailing from one crisis to the next, and a big, blunt question tonight is this a government in its death spiral? is this your last prime minister s questions? earlier, the prime minister had been fighting off renewed demands to step down after the collapse of the mini budget. economic credibility, gone. and her supposed best friend, the former chancellor, he s gone as well. they re all gone, so why is she still here? cheers mr speaker. sneers m
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it s six in the morning in singapore, and 11 pm in london, the end of a day of unrelenting chaos for prime minister liz truss and her government. it was just after 4 pm when reports started coming in about the resignation of home secretary, suella braverman. it wasn t long before her resignation letter was made public containing sweeping criticism of the government. later, there was chaos in the house of commons during a vote on fracking, with allegations of mps being manhandled to support the government. our political editor, chris mason has the latest from westminster. tonight at westminster, rolling case studies in chaos crises engulfing the government by the hour. the home secretary resigns. those at the highest level in government don t even know if others have followed her. at teatime, a man who was rebelling against liz truss just days ago was appointed by her as home secretary. i accept that the government has obviously had a very difficult period. what i do know is