ANALYSIS: Staring at political oblivion, the British PM's haphazard 40-odd days in charge have sent expectations so low that it would be difficult not to exceed them.
with billions of pounds of unfunded tax cuts and energy handouts caused market chaos which then forced the new PM to abandon everything she promised. It has placed her on political death row.
Truss is now, by some distance, the most unpopular leader YouGov has ever tracked. Her net favorability of -70 is now a full 15 points worse than Jeremy Corbyn’s worst ever score of -55 in June 2019 and 17 points beyond Johnson’s worst of -53 in July 2020 at the peak of the pandemic. That Truss is even still in 10 Downing Street reflects that so many of her colleagues are still unsure what happens next. So many scenarios will rely on Truss understanding that her position is unredeemable and the longer she stays, the fewer Conservative MPs will be left in the Commons after the next election.
So for Truss to be replaced it will likely take some of her most loyal supporters to tap her on the shoulder and convince her its over. It’s widely believed that person would be her loyal friend and deputy Therese Coffey, the pro-smoking health secretary who last week admitted to having previously handed out her own supplies of antibiotics to friends and family, prompting a fierce backlash from doctors.
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