
Liz Truss becomes the latest Tory MP to fancy a presenting gig on GB News
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ByElizabeth Truss was prime minister from 6 September 2022 to 25 October 2022. Her tenure in the job, marked by unrest in financial markets, was the shortest in British history. She studied philosophy, politics and economics at Merton College, Oxford. She is married and has two children, and was elected as Conservative MP for South West Norfolk in 2010. In 2014 David Cameron appointed her as Environment Secretary, and, at 38, she was the youngest female member of his cabinet. After that she became the first female Lord Chancellor and the first female Conservative foreign secretary.
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ByHer new pronouncements show glimmers of how her faction could pull together economic liberalism with cultural conservatism.
ByBy making wokery the bogeyman for an economic disaster she’s implicated in, Truss has given the game away.
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ByAs trust in politicians hits a seven-year low, the PM is dogged by his predecessors’ peerage nominations and the scandal…
ByPolitical turmoil made 2022 a year of frustration and powerlessness for civil servants.
ByBritain’s fundamental problems – dismal productivity, regional inequality, dilapidated infrastructure – long pre-date the EU referendum.
ByIf the former PM’s ideals are going to live on in any form it is likely with Labour.
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ByThe GPC revelations are the latest scandal to highlight how the Conservatives have squandered Britain’s resources.
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ByThat Rishi Sunak is under pressure to pursue a Trussite agenda is a reflection of how narrow the Conservatives’ ideological…
ByAs the Prime Minister dithers, his foes advance and Britain declines.
ByIf the local elections go badly and the Prime Minister fails to impress, Tory MPs may take revenge.
ByThe former PM is a sideshow – the real damage was done by the “sensible” people who championed austerity.
ByLiz Truss is merely the latest senior Conservative to blame everyone but herself for the damage inflicted on the country.
ByThe danger is how many Tories will agree with the former prime minister’s bizarre logic.
ByLike Barry Goldwater in 1964, Truss had the right ideas at the wrong time.
ByI worked for Liz Truss and admire her but she is the wrong advocate for free-market ideas.
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