Liz Truss has resigned as Conservative Party leader rather than Prime Minister. Rishi Sunak, Jeremy Hunt and Penny Mordent are the candidates at the moment. If she wants you'd become Britain's fourth female Prime Minister - Margaret Thatcher through to Theresa May.
Liz Truss accomplished at least one thing in her 45 days as prime minister: She set a record for the shortest term in office. The Atlantic’s Tom McTague explains her disastrous tenure.
This episode was produced by Miles Bryan and Avishay Artsy, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Noel King.
Correction, October 21: An earlier version of the episode misattributed a quote to British politician Penny Mordaunt. The error has been corrected.
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