Starmer is losing his cool
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
ByLiz Truss
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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The Chancellor’s biggest budget giveaway is to his own re-election campaign
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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The Tory right’s radicalisation should trouble us all
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Liz Truss reaches new levels of delusion
Launching something called “Popular Conservatism”, the former prime minister admitted her own unpopularity.
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Tories pray for electoral salvation. Will St Boris intercede?
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Tory MPs attack the OBR at their peril
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Rishi Sunak can’t escape the Tories’ recent history
The Prime Minister is fighting an election on 13 years, not 13 months.
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Neither Labour, nor the Tories, will tell the truth about our plight
Tax cuts or Biden-style investment will not be possible in the next parliament.
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Your dose of gossip from the Manchester Central Convention Complex.
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Nigel Farage is the real star of the Tory conference
The former Ukip leader may be right to think the Conservatives will follow where he leads.
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The Conservatives are heading where the Republican Party led
Liz Truss and her allies are laying the ground for the radicalisation of the Tories in opposition.
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Liz Truss shows she’s going nowhere
The rapturous welcome for the former PM was a warning to Rishi Sunak.
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