columnist jenni russell wroteasked why she herself should not resign truss said she was absolutely determined to see through what i have promisedbut having abandoned the rightwing economic promises that won her the conservative leadership election against rival rishi sunak truss faced mounting criticism that her credibility was in tattersi feel let down very badly let down tory mp christopher chope a truss loyalist told bbc televisionformer conservative leader william hague said trusss premiership now hangs by a thread while exchancellor philip hammond said she had thrown away years and years of painstaking work to establish the partys record for economic competencebut with the opposition labour party surging in the polls welsh secretary robert buckland warned his restive colleagues against throwing another prime minister to the wolveslabour leader keir starmer accused truss of clinging on and demanded an early general electionthere are no historical precedents for what they have done to our economy he said in a speech saturday