Deed of Truss: Britain’s new leader

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As Liz Truss becomes prime minister, we ask whether her meat-and-potatoes <a href="https://www.economist.com/britain/2022/09/05/what-kind-of-prime-minister-will-liz-truss-be?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content. ...

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Prime Minister Liz Truss has had a bruising first few weeks in office. Amid <a href="https://www.economist.com/britain/2022/10/03/kwasi-kwarteng-reverses-course-on-the-top-rate-of-tax?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discover ...

The Economist’s comparison of Liz Truss’s <a href="https://www.economist.com/britain/2022/10/20/who-will-be-britains-next-leader?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article ...