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British business speaks out against Prime Minister Liz Truss, MPs call for resignation

Stuart Rose, former president of UK department store M&S and chairman of supermarket chain Asda, said: financial times Truss had lost the trust of companies and investors.

“She’s Busted Flash,” he told the newspaper. “As prime minister, she needs to earn the trust of businesses, investors, voters and colleagues within her party. She has none of these things,” she said.

Dame Alison Khanwas, former chairman of Rand Securities and senior adviser to investment bank Evercore, said Truss had “no authority, insufficient support in Congress, no understanding of economic policy, style, He lacks charisma and authority,” he said.

Guy Hands, founder of private equity firm Terra Firma, told the newspaper that Truss “should exit as soon as possible.”

He said: “An adult needs to take over the leadership of the Conservative Party and become Prime Minister representing all of Britain…that one will give back to this once great country.” We need to do this quickly before the dim light goes out.”

On Sunday, Tory MPs Crispin Blunt, Andrew Bridgin and Jamie Wallis all publicly called for Truss’ resignation.Bridgin said telegraph, “We cannot go on like this. Our country, its people and our party deserve better.”

Former Tory Prime Minister George Osborne predicted that the Prime Minister would be ousted by Christmas, telling Channel 4, “She’s Pino, Prime Minister in name only at the moment.”

Britain’s new prime minister, Jeremy Hunt, is preparing to scrap a further portion of her ‘mini’ budget after the Truss sacked former close ally Kwasi Kwarten in just 38 days. After being reported, she claimed she still ran the government.

Kwarteng reportedly told friends privately that she believed Truss would only be in her post for a week.

Mr Hunt told the BBC on Sunday that “the prime minister is to blame” because Mr Truss said “she has changed. She has been willing to do the hardest thing in politics – change the tack”. He added that it was reliable.

British business speaks out against Prime Minister Liz Truss, MPs call for resignation

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