UK Tories seek quick fix to Truss chaos as party faces wipeout

UK Tories seek quick fix to Truss chaos as party faces wipeout
British prime minister Liz Truss delivers her resignation speech at Downing Street. (Image: Getty)
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By Emily Ashton, Alex Wickham and Kitty Donaldson The Conservative party is desperate to draw a line under Liz Truss’s disastrous premiership, with a rapid leadership contest aimed at trying to give the winner a shot at overturning an unprecedented deficit in the polls.Under rules announced on Thursday, a maximum of three Tory MPs will be able to run. The next leader could be decided as soon as Monday, because once the field has been whittled down to two, the candidate with the least support will likely face overwhelming pressure to...

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