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How could the Tories get rid of Liz Truss?

Her U-turns have seemingly done little to quash growing disquiet within the party.

The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2022

Turbulent times for Truss as Tories plot mutiny against UK leader

When Liz Truss was running to lead Britain this summer, an ally predicted her first weeks in office would be turbulent.

France 24 · Oct 17, 2022

BBC Antiques Roadshow viewers horrified by Margaret Thatcher teapot and it was worth a surprising amount

Manchester Evening News · Oct 16, 2022

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UK leader Liz Truss goes from triumph to trouble in 6 weeks

British Prime Minister Liz Truss has only been in office for six weeks

The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2022

New UK Treasury chief insists Truss retains control

The new U.K. Treasury chief has insisted that Prime Minister Liz Truss retains control of her government despite having to roll back her signature economic policies weeks into her premiership

The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2022

Truss’ desperate bid to save UK premiership lands her in more trouble

Boxed in by market turmoil and a mutinous Conservative Party, British Prime Minister Liz Truss was left with two cards to play: hitting reset on her economic plan, and firing her friend and finance minister, Kwasi Kwarteng.

Tribune News Service · Oct 15, 2022

New UK Treasury chief: Mistakes were made, tax rises coming

Britain’s new Treasury chief has acknowledged mistakes made by his predecessor and suggested that he may reverse much of Conservative Prime Minister Liz Truss’ tax-cutting plans, in order to bring stability to the country after weeks of economic and political turbulence

The Independent UK · Oct 15, 2022

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Liz Truss Is Flailing, Politically and Economically

The British Conservative Party can’t figure out what it wants.

Reason · Oct 14, 2022

Jeremy Hunt brought in from the cold to be UK's new finance minister

Jeremy Hunt was named Britain's new finance minister on Friday, the latest senior ministerial role for the self-proclaimed entrepreneur regarded by many in his Conservative Party as a safe pair of hands but whose days in top jobs had seemed over.

Reuters · Oct 14, 2022

UK's Truss sacrifices close friend Kwarteng over unloved fiscal plan

He was one of her closest friends and supporters, but Prime Minister Liz Truss sacked Britain's first Black finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng just 38 days into the job.

Reuters · Oct 14, 2022

UK PM Truss U-turns on mini budget, raises corporation tax and names Hunt finance minister

Embattled UK Prime Minister Liz Truss has appointed Jeremy Hunt to replace Kwasi Kwarteng as Finance Minister on Friday, while also ditching the cut in corporation tax in a major U-turn to her mini-budget announced just last month triggering major market turmoil.

France 24 · Oct 14, 2022

Liz Truss’s Tories slump below 20% in bombshell poll

Staggering 34-point lead for Labour would deliver landslide for Keir Starmer

The Independent UK · Oct 14, 2022

Gary Lineker criticises Home Office over treatment of 26-year old refugee he hosted

Lineker too in a 26-year old man who had been caught up in a military coup

Wales Online · Oct 14, 2022

Gary Lineker criticises Home Office treatment of refugee he hosted

It comes after Lineker was found to have breached the BBC’s impartiality rules over a tweet he posted in February.

The Independent UK · Oct 13, 2022

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The Independent UK · Oct 13, 2022

Gary Lineker breached BBC’s impartiality rule with Tory ‘Russian donors’ tweet

The BBC said it has upheld a complaint about a tweet shared by the sports pundit in February.

The Conversation · Oct 13, 2022

Solar farms a 'blight on the landscape'? Research shows they can benefit wildlife

Liz Truss, the new UK prime minister, isn’t a fan of solar farms. In 2014, when she was environment secretary, she described rows of panels arranged in a field to capture energy from the sun as a “blight on the landscape”. Eight years later, as a candidate for the 2022…

Reuters · Oct 13, 2022

UK's Kwarteng heads home early amid reports of fiscal policy U-turn

British finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng cut short his trip to Washington for this week's global finance minister meetings and has headed back to London amid reports Prime Minister Liz Truss is considering reversing more of her government's controversial "mini-budget".

The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2022

EXPLAINER: What caused UK's economic crisis and what's next?

Prime Minister Liz Truss took office last month promising to rebuild the British economy and put the nation a path to “long-term success.”

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Evening Standard · Oct 12, 2022

The end of Labour’s drama detente shows Starmer means business

Labour has been a drama-free zone over the past few weeks as the Conservative Party terrorises the economy and morphs into a circular firing squad. That was until Monday night when a Labour MP was deselected by his local party. Sam Tarry, who represents Ilford South, lost a battle to…

The Conversation · Oct 10, 2022

Why Donald Trump was bad for America but good for Canada

By now, it’s trite to say that the rise of Donald Trump as a political figure has been a travesty for American democracy.

Wales Online · Oct 10, 2022

'Liz Truss must be a sleeper agent for YesCymru - it's the only explanation' | Will Hayward

The signs all point to one conclusion

Tribune News Service · Oct 9, 2022

Truss prepares battle with cabinet, MPs to quash Tory rebellion

Liz Truss is preparing for battle with her ruling Conservative Party as she gears up for crunch meetings with backbench MPs and her cabinet in a bid to quash any attempt at rebellion just one month into her U.K. premiership.

The New Daily · Oct 9, 2022

Alan Kohler: America, Britain, Russia and China are killing themselves, all in their own way

Australia is a spectator to the efforts at self-destruction going on elsewhere, and will be participants in their misery when they succeed.

Reuters · Oct 9, 2022

UK senior ministers urge Conservatives to unite behind PM Truss

Senior British ministers on Sunday urged their colleagues to unite behind Prime Minister Liz Truss, warning that infighting would hand power to the opposition Labour Party at an election due in 2024.

The National (Scotland) · Oct 9, 2022

Conor Burns on track for knighthood despite 'serious misconduct' claim

Conor Burns, who was sacked from the Conservative Party this week due to a "serious misconduct" complaint, appears set to receive a…

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