Not even those who predicted that Liz Truss' time in Downing Street would be bad imagined it could possibly go so wrong this early, writes RobHarris_SMH
Liz Truss will forever go down as a pub trivia question as to who is Britain’s shortest-serving prime minister. Not even those who predicted that her time in Downing Street would be bad could have imagined it would go soPerhaps the only other thing she’ll be remembered for is her connection to salad, inspired by a column inthat referred to her as an “iceberg lady” and said she had “the shelf-life of a lettuce”.
The mind boggles at how a G7 nation allowed itself to be governed by someone who has proven so incompetent.There are also valuable lessons to be learned for political parties about ditching their own responsibilities and handing them to party members. Choosing a leader should, especially while in government, be a responsibility for the party room.
It’s not the kind of stuff you’d expect from someone who should be prepared to have the fight to stand up for what she believed in. And it should be remembered that it was the lack of salesmanship, persuasion and groundwork that contributed to the financial rack and ruin her actions caused. Sir Charles Walker, a Tory MP of 17 years, hinted at it amid the chaos of a parliamentary vote on Wednesday night.
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