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The madness of Truss’s energy price cap
While Boris Johnson used his farewell speech to praise the ‘vital symmetry between government action and free market capitalist private…
Who's in and who's out of Truss's cabinet?
Liz Truss will kiss hands with the Queen today and become Britain’s 56th Prime Minister, with a number of Boris…
Meghan Markle’s self-centred psychobabble
Move over Liz Truss, the real leaders of our global future are in Manchester this week – not Westminster. The…
Meghan’s youth speech was all about her
The Duchess of Sussex has been busy. In the past fortnight Meghan has treated us to two new episodes of…
What Boris should do next
Just what do you do with the rest of your life if, aged 58, you have been prised out of…
Flashback: Truss calls for the monarchy's abolition
It’s Liz versus Liz today as the Queen prepares to kiss hands at Balmoral with Britain’s 56th Prime Minister. While…
The issue that will win or lose the election for Liz Truss
Nobody knows what they think about Liz Truss. Not literally nobody – those of us with a wholly unusual level…
The Harry ‘n’ Meghan circus shows no sign of coming to an end
It seemed fitting that, for her return to Britain, Meghan Markle was joined at the One Young World summit in…
Why don’t we put warnings on smartphones?
On a recent trip to Sainsbury’s, I was perplexed to find nothing where it should be. I’m used to things…
Get ready for Liz mania
Here she is, then. Liz Truss is Britain’s third woman Prime Minister and she’s already suffering from the not-so-soft bigotry…
The end of history
Read chronicles of ancient peasant life, or examine photographs taken a century ago. Behold castes, tortures, and endless annals of…
Revealed: Labour's tactics to deal with Truss
Keir Starmer tonight told the weekly parliamentary Labour party meeting that ‘we will never underestimate Liz Truss’. The Labour leader…
Priti Patel resigns. Will she cause trouble for Liz Truss?
Priti Patel has announced she is standing down as Home Secretary and returning to the backbenches ahead of an expected…
The problems of mid-term PMs
Any Prime Minister who takes over mid-term has to contend with a certain set of problems. Liz Truss will wish…
Can Liz Truss deliver, deliver, deliver?
What does deliver, deliver, deliver mean? Liz Truss had it as her payoff on accepting the leadership of the Conservative…
The case against a snap election
Unless Her Majesty throws us all a curveball, Liz Truss will be the next prime minister. So let’s knock something…
Are the markets scared of Liz Truss?
Look at the chart for interest rate expectations in isolation, and you might come to the conclusion that Rishi Sunak…
This week will define Liz Truss’s premiership
This lunchtime Liz Truss has been announced as the new leader of the Conservative party. After a contest that spanned…
Joe Lycett isn't funny – or brave
Can we all take a moment to marvel at the courage of Joe Lycett? Imagine the cojones it must take…
Ten graphs that Liz Truss can't ignore
The new Prime Minister’s honeymoon starts and ends today. Once Liz Truss formally enters Downing Street tomorrow she will be…
Liz Truss wins. What next?
Liz Truss’s victory in the Tory leadership race was based on her ability to portray herself as the candidate for both…
Liz Truss triumphs in Tory leadership race
Liz Truss has won the race to become Tory leader and Britain’s new Prime Minister. Truss, who was the runaway…
Liz Truss doesn't frighten Labour
Labour will attack the new prime minister from the left and the right. From Liz Truss’ exposed left flank, Labour…
Will Liz Truss kill levelling up?
Levelling up is probably not even in the top tier of Liz Truss’s intray for this week, given the pressure…
How Liz Truss can solve the energy crisis
It will be expensive. It will last far longer than anyone expects. And it will distort the market even more…
