Liz Truss’s victory speech was crushingly banal
The crowd waited for details, but none came – so they applauded anyway.
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Liz Truss’s Tory leadership win is the narrowest under the current rules
Boris Johnson, David Cameron and Iain Duncan Smith all won by bigger margins than Truss.
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Is Keir Starmer ready to take on Liz Truss?
The legalistic debating style of the Labour leader had currency against Boris Johnson, but a new opponent calls for new…
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Can Liz Truss resist becoming Boris 2.0?
Truss looks set to continue with the same toxic, dishonest, scorched-earth brand of politics practised by her predecessor.
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What could Liz Truss’s cabinet look like?
Her administration will be defined by who is chosen to lead the economy, health service, education and defence.
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Liz Truss has no moral right to be prime minister
The UK’s new leader represents only a tiny, secretive group of highly unrepresentative voters.
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Why Rishi Sunak failed
The former chancellor, once Britain’s most popular politician, seems to have let No 10 slip from his grasp. Where did…
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Liz Truss’s National Insurance cut would fail to help Britain’s poorest
The Tory front-runner’s proposal would save the poorest tenth of households just 76p per month.
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