Liz Truss’s premiership was never going to be an easy one.
Even during the Conservative leadership contest, when she was clear that despite the tough economic times the country was facing and people’s craving for stability, she planned to do things differently.
Her rival Rishi Sunak warned of her “fantasy economics” and critics, such as Michael Gove, suggested she was “taking a holiday from reality”, but a powerful coalition of Tory members, Boris Johnson supporters and the rightwing press were not listening.
