Karl Stefanovic slams United Kingdom over Liz Truss resignation and power bill crisis

Karl Stefanovic has slammed the United Kingdom as it grapples with rising energy prices and the shock resignation of its prime minister.

The Today Show host labelled the economic and political turmoil gripping the country as an ‘international embarrassment’.

UK prime minister Liz Truss announced on Friday, she would be stepping down amid mounting pressure from her party and a plunge in opinion polls.

Karl Stefanovic has slammed the United Kingdom as it grapples with rising energy prices and the shock resignation of its prime minister

It comes as the country wrestles with soaring power bills as energy supplies become strained by Russia’s invasion in the Ukraine.

‘I’m not living in the UK, where prices are going through the roof, where power bills are going through the roof,’ Stefanovic said.

‘And now your country is an international embarrassment.’

His comment sparked a swift response from the breakfast morning show guest and UK’s associate editor for the Daily Telegraph Camilla Tomine

‘I think international embarrassment is taking it too far,’ she said. ‘I don’t think it’s a great look at the moment.

‘You can’t make an omelette without breaking a few eggs. Have they made complete a**** of themselves? Yes, is it an ideal situation? No.’

Ms Truss will become the shortest serving prime minister in the history of the UK after spending just 44 days in power. 

She had replaced Boris Johnson after he resigned in July and her resignation will mean that a third prime minister will need to be elected this year.

UK prime minister Liz Truss announced on Friday she would be stepping down amid mounting pressure from her party and a plunge in opinion polls

Ms Tominey was quick to point out Australia had faced similar political turmoil less than a decade ago. 

‘Wasn’t it in 2013 that Australia had three different prime ministers?’ she said. 

Former prime minister Julia Gillard was kicked out of office by then-Labor leader Kevin Rudd who was then replaced by Liberal leader Tony Abbott.

Stefanovic quickly returned fire taking a dig at Ms Truss’s short term in office.

‘I don’t know why you’d be bringing us into this, they certainly lasted more than 44 days,’ he said. 

Today Show host Allison Langdon touched on the memes that had been circulating in the lead-up to Ms Truss’s resignation including the livestream of the lettuce.

The Daily Star set up a livestream of a picture of Liz Truss next to a lettuce, in a bid to find out which will last longer.

It comes as the country wrestles with soaring power bills as energy supplies become strained by Russia’s invasion in the Ukraine (stock image)

The paper said that bookies had given odds of 6-1 for the Prime Minister to be replaced faster than it takes a lettuce to decay, around 35 days.

Ms Truss’s political unraveling began after she and her Treasury chief, Kwasi Kwarteng, unveiled an economic plan with 45 billion pounds ($50 billion) in unfunded tax cuts. 

The notion of massive borrowing to finance tax cuts hammered the value of the pound and caused interest rates U.K. government bonds to rise. 

The Bank of England was forced to intervene to prevent the crisis from spreading to the wider economy and putting pension funds at risk. 

The low-tax, low-regulation economic policies that got Ms Truss elected by her party proved disastrous in the real world at a time of soaring inflation and weak growth.