Ruddy-faced Boris Johnson still harbours hope of a comeback
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Elizabeth 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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Labour must not be trapped by the politics of national decline or revival
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End this banana republic and call a general election
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Liz Truss’s resignation shows parliamentary democracy is working, not failing
Until we get our say in a general election, MPs are performing their constitutional duty to judge and penalise failure.
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Liz Truss has proved to be the worst Tory prime minister yet
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