Liz Truss was Prime Minister for just 49 days in 2022, making her the PM with the fewest days in office by some distance. In the ten years since Brexit, the UK has had seven different prime ministers, with Keir Starmer the most recent victim of the UK's political volatility, lasting just over two years in office.
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