Analysis

Liz Truss is now a case study in poor leadership

— If you don’t like the idea of being held accountable and having to answer for your actions then a leadership role is probably not for you. The top office is not a playground for ideological experiment.

COMMENT

Liz Truss and the best of British robotic libertarianism

— Say the name “Liz Truss” now and the two words convey a world of meaning. Misgovernance, missteps, miserliness towards the poorest and most vulnerable. But most importantly, one woman’s name has come to signify the best of British robotic libertarianism.

COMMENT

This could open the door to fracking

— We will continue to stand side-by-side with the local people of Dunsfold in their campaign to protect the environment from a drilling project that could open the door to future projects that will add to the UK’s carbon footprint.

COMMENT

Liz Truss puts Britain on course to an uncivil war

— Britain wouldn’t be Britain if it didn’t routinely send up people in authority, especially if those people say silly things that also happen to be mean.

COMMENT

Liz Truss’s unoriginal, unedifying and outdated plan for ‘Growth. Growth. Growth.’

— Liz Truss is out of date. She is half a century late. The UK economy and the world faced different, less complex crosswinds then.

OPINION

Preparing to win the next UK General Election

— It is safe to say now that the Conservative party has made a catastrophic mistake by choosing Liz Truss as its leader and as Prime Minister.

Analysis

What Liz Truss’s Conservative party conference speech revealed

— In her first party conference speech as prime minister, Liz Truss has emphasised that growth is the only solution.

Environment

Liz Truss’s ‘destructive’ plans have angered environmental groups

— Environmental groups have criticised the government’s approach to nature – but what is this approach and why is it concerning?

COMMENT

When the strong help the weak, it makes us all stronger

— Former PM Gordon Brown’s budget analysis sums up Liz Truss’s government plans perfectly. Wouldn’t it be good to be governed by grown-ups again?

OPINION

Kamikwasi, Librium Liz and the great British joke factory

— Liz Truss and her Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng are becoming so absurd about their economic plans for Britain as to be beyond satire.

OPINION

Rats in a sack

— It’s all going so terribly well, isn’t it? Liz Truss is living down to expectations that she would prove to be the next worst Prime Minister in living memory and is doing so in spectacular style.

UK Politics

Is removing Liz Truss worth the risk?

— The economic turmoil from Liz Truss’s growth plan is causing unease among Conservative MPs. But is removing her worth the risk?

UK Politics

Liz Truss: Are the Conservatives facing an electoral meltdown?

— A quick look back at the history books might have deterred PM Liz Truss from her extreme actions.

OPINION

The Great Tory Merdefest

— Liz Truss finally made a public appearance after keeping quiet for a week while her government burned down the economy, trashed the pound, and threatened to tank pension funds.

OPINION

Truss’s dead cat splat

— If Liz Truss can do this much damage in 2 days, God knows what she can do in 2 years.

UK Politics

Will Keir Starmer lead Labour back into government?

— There’s a mountain to climb but there are positive signs for the opposition in the first few weeks of Liz Truss’s government.