So Liz Truss, you’ve had your election, now let us have ours.
Truss won the Tory leadership race over Rishi Sunak by presenting herself to party members as a 21st century Maggie Thatcher, right down to the tax-cutting pledges and the penchant for posing in tanks.
But she has become Prime Minister by default and the people of the country need to have their say. Truss won with less than 50 per cent support from the eligible-to-vote Tory party members.
