When it all began, more than seven weeks ago, with Liz Truss declaring at her campaign launch that she would “be ready to be prime minister from day one”, it didn’t look remotely likely that such an arrival in No 10 would ever come to pass.
The “Liz for leader” launch was amateurish and chaotic, and did not bode well. Truss was introduced by the business secretary, Kwasi Kwarteng, but for an excruciating minute she failed to appear. Ready to serve, perhaps, but not quite ready to explain why she should.
