Jess Phillips has described a 'revolving door of chaos' at the heart of government after a Tory minister said he was 'shocked' at Liz Truss's resignation.
The Labour shadow cabinet member made the damning comments on last night's BBC Question Time at the end of a dramatic day that saw Liz Truss resign on the steps of Number 10.
Responding to an apology by climate minister Graham Stuart over recent "political instability", the MP for Birmingham Yardley said: ”I’m sorry… simply doesn’t wash, there is an absolute revolving door of chaos.
"In this year we will have had three Prime Ministers, in twelve years of Tory rule where across the country and in my constituency things are on their knees.
"From the menial of getting your passport to trying to get into an ambulance. I’m sorry and we’ll get it right is just unbelievable."
She went on to say that " the country is not the Tory party’s fiefdom for them to just do whatever they want", highlighting the impact of the disastrous mini-budget on her constituent's mortgages and "people's lives".
Graham Stuart, a member of the cabinet who supported Liz Truss in this summer's leadership campaign, admitted to Fiona Bruce he did not know the Prime Minister was about to resign until it was announced she would be making an urgent statement yesterday.
Responding to a question on how he felt following her resignation, Stuart said he was "disappointed" and "shell-shocked".
He also hinted at some of the chaos behind closed doors at Westminster, commenting: “On the inside track it hasn’t been comfortable. We are facing many challenges.”
But it was his apology "to the audience and the people of the country" that was picked out by Jess Phillips, and she finished by saying the new leader should go "immediately to the country" for a general election "because the country is desperate for change."
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