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Liz Truss's eyes still shine with a bright, self-righteous fanaticism, as if backlit by an idiot’s lantern

Liz Truss's eyes still shine with a bright, self-righteous fanaticism, as if backlit by an idiot’s lantern

Why the radical right still loves a failed prime minister

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Apr 17, 2024
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Liz Truss is the most disastrous and unpopular leader in modern British history. Mortgage holders and small businesses still loathe her for sending interest rates through the roof. Her short, catastrophic premiership is routinely compared unfavourably to the shelf life of a lettuce. (A comparison first made by the bright …

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