‘Shorter than a Love Island series’: Piers Morgan, John Bishop and Sue Perkins react after Liz Truss resigns as Prime Minister after six weeks-Alicia Adejobi-Entertainment – Metro

Celebrities have reacted in shock, outrage and cheers as Liz Truss announced her resignation as Prime Minister after just six weeks.

The PM delivered a speech outside Downing Street on Thursday afternoon to announce that she was stepping down from the role after a disastrous short term, which has included crashing the economy and the departure of both her Chancellor of the Exchequer and Home Secretary.

In her statement, the outgoing minister said: ‘Given the situation, I cannot deliver the mandate on which I was elected by the Conservative Party.’

Reacting to Ms Truss’ announcement, Piers Morgan tweeted shortly before her speech: ‘It’s over. Liz Truss is resigning and will become shortest-serving Prime Minister in British history. What an absolute shambles.’

The Uncensored host then reposted a previous tweet he wrote which read: ‘Memo to Tories: Kick out Truss, let @RishiSunak be PM, keep @Jeremy_Hunt as Chancellor, make @PennyMordaunt Home or Foreign Secretary – and pretend the last 40 disastrous days never happened.’

He added today: ‘This needs to happen asap.’

Liz Truss’ time in office lasted just 44 days (Picture: Getty Images)

Piers Morgan offered his suggestion as to how the new cabinet should look (Picture: Rex Features)

Iain Stirling was highly amused by the length of Truss’ tenure (Picture: Rex Features)

Good Morning Britain presenter Susanna Reid tweeted: ‘The U-turn Prime Minister. Yesterday: I’m a fighter not a quitter. Today: quits.’

Match of the Day host Gary Linker wrote: ‘Another Prime Minister resigns. Would you fracking believe it?’

John Bishop was particularly incensed by the developments and said: ‘WTF !!! And they think they can just get another Tory in !!! Unacceptable.’

The announcement was triggering for Richard Osman who quipped: ‘No-one used to resign until I resigned from ‘Pointless’. Now they’re all at it. I think I made it cool.’

Love Island narrator Iain Stirling couldn’t resist cracking a joke about the PM’s short tenure and quipped: ‘Liz Truss’s reign as Prime Minster was shorter than a series of Love Island.’

Nish Kumar laughed in similar fashion: ‘Even Quibi lasted longer than her.’

Sue Perkins weighed in: ‘Still not sorry. In fact, she’s laughing. There is no mandate for any of this.’

H from Steps cheered: ‘F*****g GO! Take the hint! #GeneralElectionNow.’

Love Island star Shaughna Phillips laughed: ‘No this is so embarrassing,’ alongside several cry-laughing emoji.

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