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A matter of Truss: the unlikely rise of Lizmania

10 October 2021

2:30 PM

10 October 2021

2:30 PM

If Boris Johnson were to vanish tomorrow, who should replace him? The American pollster Frank Luntz asked this of about 200 people atThe Spectator’s live podcast last week, and the answer was Liz Truss. This took me by surprise – I’d have said Rishi Sunak – but there’s no doubting the Lizmania that was in the air in Manchester.

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