New Prime Minister Liz Truss hardly had time to get over the Downing St threshold before news of the Queen’s death derailed her agenda.
No wonder Australian broadcasters failed to recognise the premier of the country at Westminster Abbey on Monday.
Truss has had to deal with more in the last fortnight than most Prime Minister’s deal with in a year and been completely overshadowed by the late Queen’s funeral. Now politics is back with a bang and Truss is determined to prove she leads a government in a hurry to get things done.