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Liz Truss’ waning power brings political plots, and jokes

Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss holds a press conference in the Downing Street Briefing Room in central London, Friday Oct. 14, 2022. Embattled British Prime Minister sacked her Treasury chief and reversed course on sweeping tax cuts Friday as she tried to hang on to her job after weeks of turmoil on financial markets. (Daniel Leal/Pool Photo via AP) From right, Britain's Secretary of State for Education Kit Malthouse, Secretary of State for Wales Robert Buckland and Leader of the House of Commons Penny Mordaunt, leave after a cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in London, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) Britain's Foreign Secretary James Cleverly, center, leaves after a cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in London, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) FILE - British Prime Minister Liz Truss leaves Downing Street to attend her first Prime Minister's Questions at the Houses of Parliament, in London, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. Truss has only been in office for six weeks. But already her libertarian economic policies have triggered a financial crisis, emergency central bank intervention, multiple U-turns and the firing of her Treasury chief. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File) Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss attends a press conference in the Downing Street Briefing Room in central London, Friday Oct. 14, 2022, following the sacking of the finance minister in response to a budget that sparked markets chaos. (Daniel Leal/Pool Photo via AP)