13 October 2022, The Tablet

If we weren’t crying so hard, perhaps we could laugh at the troubles at Number Ten


Thatcher was prepared to be unpopular but her caution was such that she never risked upsetting the financial markets.

If we weren’t crying so hard, perhaps we could laugh at the troubles at Number Ten

Liz Truss speaks outside No. 10 after being elected by just 81,000 Tory members.
PHOTO: ALAMY/ISLES IMAGES

 
Behind the fury provoked by the chaotic policy reversals of the government led by Liz Truss lies something even more serious – an executive with no mandate.
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