# Liz Truss tries to lead the UK {and resigns as of 2022-10-20}

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**Created:** [September 5, 2022, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liz-truss-tries-to-lead-the-uk-and-resigns-as-of-2022-10-20/970992 "2022-09-05T14:06:10Z")\
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> [@Smid](#):
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> I mean two days ago the replacement for our PM said she wasn’t “hiding under a desk”.

Had they checked the fridge?

> [@Acsenray](#):
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> That strikes me as unusually sophisticated for a politician. Maybe he is a genius.

That was likely Dominic Cummings’ idea. You may remember him as the unelected bureaucrat who was running the country after we left the EU to keep unelected bureaucrats from running the country.

> [@Pleonast](#):
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> Just like riding a horse off a cliff is really simple.

Better to just leave it in a hospital…

> [@Northern\_Piper](#):
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> I missed seeing about the fracking vote. Guardian reports it was 326 votes opposing the Labour motion to 230 for the motion, 40 Tories not voting. That’s certainly cause for concern for the PM, but the key takeaway is that even with all the turmoil in the markets and the sacking of the Chancellor, she had the confidence of the House in the most recent vote.

The key takeaway from the fracking vote is not the vote count but that absolute shitshow around the imposition of a three-line whip, which really pissed off the members (because fracking is not a very popular thing at the moment and most MPs don’t want to be associated with it) and at one point involved the departure/removal of the Chief Whip and her deputy, although they may be back now - who fucking knows at this point?

The Government tried to look strong and immediately began falling to pieces. Again.

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