A pre-recorded episode of Pointless aired on BBC One tonight, with one query asking about Prime Ministers who've served a prolonged time in workplace… hours after Liz Truss grew to become the shortest serving PM.
Earlier immediately, the PM delivered a speech outdoors Downing Avenue to announce that she was stepping down from the position after a disastrous brief time period, which has included crashing the economic system and the departure of each her Chancellor of the Exchequer and House Secretary.
She’s solely been in workplace for 44 days.
In a coincidental class titled ‘politicians and their durations of workplace’ Pointless contestants have been requested: ‘British Prime Ministers who served for 2 years or longer’.
Lauren Laverne defined: ‘We’re searching for the title of any Prime Minister of the UK since 1721 who has held the workplace of PM for 2 years of longer.
‘The interval of workplace would possibly cowl non-consecutive phrases, and this runs as much as the start of March 2022.’
So the March 2022 deadline wouldn’t let Liz be one of many solutions anyway… nor would the actual fact she solely lasted six weeks.
Appropriate solutions included Sir John Main, who was PM for six years, and Gordon Brown, who served in workplace for 2 years (318 days, to be precise).
The PM introduced her tumultuous 44-day premiership to an finish after frenzied plotting amongst her personal MPs, who misplaced religion in her potential to control following a disastrous ‘mini-budget’ and days of chaos on the coronary heart of presidency.
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Now, a day after she stated ‘I'm a fighter not a quitter’, Britain is ready to have a brand new chief inside per week.
On the steps of Downing Avenue, the PM advised the nation that she recognised, ‘given the scenario, I can not ship the mandate on which I used to be elected by the Conservative Get together.’
Not lengthy after she introduced her resignation, former Pointless presenter Richard Osman made a hilarious gag about all of it.
The very best-selling creator and presenter stop Pointless earlier this yr together with his ultimate episodes airing simply final month.
Subsequently, he tweeted: ‘No-one used to resign till I resigned from ‘Pointless’. Now they’re all at it. I feel I made it cool.’
Liz Truss' resignation assertion in full
‘I got here into workplace at a time of nice financial and worldwide instability.
Households and companies have been fearful about find out how to pay their payments.
Putin’s unlawful warfare in Ukraine threatens the safety of our complete continent. And our nation has been held again for too lengthy by low financial progress.
I used to be elected by the Conservative Get together with a mandate to vary this – we delivered on power payments and on slicing nationwide insurance coverage.
And we set out a imaginative and prescient for a low-tax, high-growth economic system that may make the most of the freedoms of Brexit.
I recognise although, given the scenario, I can not ship the mandate on which I used to be elected by the Conservative Get together.
I've due to this fact spoken to His Majesty the King to inform him that I'm resigning as chief of the Conservative Get together.
This morning I met the chairman of the 1922 Committee, Sir Graham Brady. Now we have agreed that there might be a management election to be accomplished throughout the subsequent week.
It will make sure that we stay on a path to ship our fiscal plans and preserve our nation’s financial stability and nationwide safety.
I'll stay as Prime Minister till a successor has been chosen. Thanks.’
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