British lawmakers across opposition parties called for a general election on Friday (October 14), after British Prime Minister Liz Truss fired her finance minister and scrapped parts of her economic plan in a bid to stay in power.
Addressing her first news conference as prime minister, Truss admitted she had gone “further and faster” than markets expected and sacked her friend and finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng to try to appease her lawmakers.
Speaking from Scotland, leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) Nicola Sturgeon described Truss as being ”out of her depth” and “a lame duck prime minister”.
