Would the dismissal of Liz Truss cause the British economy to collapse? Have your say

In the weeks since becoming Prime Minister, Liz Truss has tipped the economy and Conservative polls off the edge of a cliff, raising fears of a mutiny among Tory MPs. But would giving up Truss just make things worse?

New Prime Minister Liz Truss had one of the worst career starts in living memory after 'Trussonomics' sent Britain's economy off a cliff. Should she stay on? (

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Tory MPs are nervous. After just a few weeks in office, their newly elected leader's first real act in government crushed the pound, added billions to the UK's deficit and saw Labor gain a whopping 25-point average lead in the polls. Some are already talking about replacing Liz Truss as Prime Minister, but would that just make our economic woes worse?

Uncertainty in financial markets caused by Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng's uncosted multi-billion pound 'mini-budget' has already forced the Bank of England to raise interest rates, borrowing costs of the government to soar and the value of shares of FTSE 100 companies to plummet. In a warning shot to terrified Tory backbenchers, Foreign Secretary James Cleverly had to tell them that giving up Liz Truss as Prime Minister "would be a disastrously bad idea, not just politically but economically. ".

So far, there appears to be little Truss can do to restore the confidence of the markets or his own MPs, with his U-turn on the tax giveaway to the rich barely registered as markets falter. set for at least two years of economic fallout, likely reduced public services and an inevitable increase in inequality. In a stark ultimatum to a brand new prime minister, a Tory MP told the