Liz Truss: the PM who broke all the wrong records

A string of missteps and U-turns that unsettled even Truss’s closest allies meant her days as PM were numbered

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Liz Truss’s premiership was never going to be an easy one.

Even during the Conservative leadership contest, when she was clear that despite the tough economic times the country was facing and people’s craving for stability, she planned to do things differently.

Her rival Rishi Sunak warned of her “fantasy economics” and critics such as Michael Gove suggested she was “taking a holiday from reality”, but a powerful coalition of Tory members, Boris Johnson supporters and the rightwing press weren’t listening.

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