She will enter No 10, despite being the less favoured by the general public of two candidates, both of whom leave it cold. But her small party loves her, sending her ratings up with each interminable hustings, as she throws them reckless new pledges and evidence-free policies. What do they see in her that still escapes most voters?
Let’s look into the mind of an ardent Trussite. He was picked out for me by Prof Tim Bale, the great expert on the inner life of political parties. No one is ever typical, but he (who preferred anonymity) fits the broad profile of those 160,000 Tory members, being a southerner in later middle age. He’s a senior member of Liz Truss’s grassroots campaign team, closely plugged into the party he has served for decades.
