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英國首相特拉斯今午宣佈辭職， 由于九月底提交之預算引起金融風暴， 被迫在一些競選承諾中無法兌現， 這位才上任的首相被迫下台。

本月初在伯明翰舉行的保守黨大會上， 特拉斯仍試圖團結黨內實力，但是她的計劃確有巨大之爭議，而使她在前所未有之速度下瓦解。

今年四十七歲的特拉斯於二零一零年進入議會， 並於四年後入閣， 於二零二壹年出任英國外交大臣， 在黨魁選舉中以些微少數打敗了印度裔對手蘇納克。

她在上任後提出之迷你預算引起了各大金融市場之震驚，英鎊應聲下跌，債券收益率飈升，住房利率上漲， 加劇了英國人之痛苦。

老實說 ，特拉斯之下台， 正说明了歐洲各國面對之艱難挑戰， 俄烏戰爭為世界帶來之巨大影響 ，己把歐洲各國経濟導至嚴重之危機， 尤其是英國一直是美國之鐵桿， 對烏克蘭之支持更是非常堅定。

U.K. Prime Minister Resigns

After just six weeks in office, British Prime Minister Liz Truss resigned and showed just how chaotic British politics has become in recent years.

Truss was the fourth prime minister to resign since the Brexit vote of 2016.

When the British people voted to leave the EU, it changed the course of the county’s foreign economics and trade policies that made this nation poorer and politics less relevant.

When Truss replaced Johnson in September, she promised to kick off the economy with tax cuts for corporations and the rich without reducing public spending. Amid a 10% inflation rate and the war in Ukraine, her plan spooked the financial markets, crashed the pound and sent mortgage rates soaring.

Truss said she will remain as prime minister until a successor is chosen. The election for a new leader will be completed within the next week.