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After just 44 days in the premiership, Liz Truss’s resignation yesterday confirms her place in the has been dubbed
history books as the UK’s shortest serving prime minister. by our Geek Editor
is deceptively hard
By next week, the UK will have had its third prime minister in as many months. Truss is the and necessarily so.
latest person to come out of the revolving door to the great offices of state at Number 10 – the
same door that has seen a new chancellor and home secretary appointed (and sacked!)
almost every month.   MUSIC
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Political analysts often reflect on a new prime minister’s first 100 days in office. Truss didn’t 
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ministers-in-modern-history)
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The legacy that Truss will leave is remarkable for all the wrong reasons. In a month and a half
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as Prime Minister, she crashed the economy, tanked the pound, wiped billions off our
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For this process to be quick and bloodless, the party needs to unite behind one candidate, but top 10 album
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support of 100 of their fellow MPs.
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An obvious choice would be former chancellor Rishi Sunak. Sunak was the most popular
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The other options Hilton hotel, in Glasgow aims to
Stratford, London, offer an inclusive
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who will they present as the ‘sensible’ right-wing, free-market ideologue? celebrated its first the heart of
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argument for Defence Secretary Ben Wallace. Polling the highest amongst Tory members and provided the here’s what we
with respect across the House, the veteran has led the Government’s response to Putin’s accommodation. thought.
invasion of Ukraine and handled the UK’s withdrawal as the Afghan government collapsed Here’s our review.

Can the Tories last?

Whoever takes over will likely not be prime minister for long – but Liz Truss’ 44 days will be
hard to beat.

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Opinion polls consistently show that the Conservatives are on course to be decimated in any
general election, leading to an overwhelming Labour majority.

The victor of the Tory leadership race will be little more than a caretaker prime minister. With
no mandate from the British public, their aim will be minimising losses at the next election.

An unenviable task, but one that no doubt some Tory MPs will feel they are qualified for.

And if that fails, there is always the lettuce!

If the Tories want to move on from this period of chaos, they will need to accept that they will
soon be the party of opposition.

The damage done to the economy in recent weeks will be long-lasting, but not as long-lasting
as the damage inflicted by their poor choice in leader
(https://vadamagazine.com/features/opinions/lizz-truss-prime-minister-of-chaos).

They must learn from this or they will go from being the most successful political party in
Europe to being all but wiped out – crashing and burning from the heights of an 80-seat
majority won less than three years ago.

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