A chaotic conference fractures Liz Truss’s young premiership
Twelve years in power catch up with the Conservatives
Liz Truss pitched herself as the heir to Boris Johnson. She was loyal to him and to the manifesto on which he had won a vast victory in 2019. She shared his optimism about Britain. The only difference was that she would do things better, bringing delivery and discipline where he had offered scandal and drift: Johnsonism without Johnson. Party members liked what they saw, and made her party leader and thus prime minister.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Fourth time unlucky”
Britain October 8th 2022
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