Thom Yorke calls for the government to go as Liz Truss resigns

Thom Yorke has called on Twitter for the government to be brought down, on the day Liz Truss announced she would stand down as prime minister after about six weeks, the shortest time anyone has held the office. The government, he wrote, does not speak for the public. The first words of the post rework a line from “No Surprises”, on OK Computer.

they have no authority, no mandate, no clue, cats in a bag tearing themselves to pieces while the country suffers in extreme distress.

Thom Yorke²

He signed off with “shame on them” and the tag #GeneralElection2022, joining opposition parties and others calling for an election straight away.