It didn’t take long for Conservative Party strategists to show the weakness of their position. While most voters are pleased to see the back of Boris Johnson, they allowed his successor to repeat the fiction that he’s done a great job.
Never mind partygate, forget the enormous number of Covid deaths that occurred because he didn’t act quickly enough and put to one side the support he gave to MPs like Owen Paterson and Chris Pitcher who disgraced their office.
For Ms Truss and the bulk of the party members who voted for her, the important points are that Johnson “got Brexit done”, rolled out the Covid vaccine and supported Ukraine against the Russian invaders. Yet failing to distance herself from Mr Johnson will not, I believe, endear her to the population as a whole.
