For his recent book on the role of the British prime minister, contemporary historian Anthony Seldon chose the title: The Impossible Office?
Liz Truss will soon find out just how impossible the office can be as she walks across the threshold and into No.10. Her first task, as she takes on the role from Boris Johnson after a summer of concerns about a zombie government must be to present a clean and fresh appearance of governing competence.
Strategic stability must be the core objective of Truss’s first 100 days. This should be demonstrated almost immediately through an emergency budget, where fiscal generosity to help the public manage the crippling cost of living crisis would essentially buy Truss some political breathing space.
