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How enslavement became state-backed operation supported by Conservative and Lib Dem forerunners

Tory and Whig MPs were central to funding trafficking of enslaved people and many opposed abolition of the slave trade

The Guardian - UK

Trump gets the Monroe doctrine wrong. He should take a page from Bad Bunny

The US president has twisted the 1823 doctrine to suit his quest for domination. It originally had a very different vision for the Americas

The Guardian - US

Inside the Regency ballroom: what you’d experience on a night out with Jane Austen

The ballrooms of Jane Austen’s Britain have been hailed in literature and period dramas as a marriage market where young men and women could meet and mingle. The ballroom set the scene for Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy’s first encounter at Meryton’s assembly rooms in Pride and Prejudice (1813), and…

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Penny Mordaunt urges end to ‘sorry affair’ as MPs approve partygate committee report

Allies of Boris Johnson were criticised by the Privileges Committee over their response to the Partygate report

Evening Standard

Mordaunt urges end to ‘sorry affair’ after Boris rebellion

Allies of Boris Johnson were criticised by the Privileges Committee and accused of trying to undermine the panel’s work into the former PM

The Independent UK

MPs approve report condemning Boris Johnson's allies for attacks on partygate probe

MPs have approved a report rebuking some of Boris Johnson’s closest allies for attacking and seeking to undermine an investigation into whether he…

The National (Scotland)

Mordaunt urges end to ‘sorry affair’ as MPs approve partygate committee report

Allies of Boris Johnson were criticised by the Privileges Committee and accused of trying to undermine the panel’s work into the former PM.

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The Liverpool places named after shortest-serving PM before Liz Truss

Liz Truss has taken the title from a former Liverpool MP

Liverpool Echo

The Weekly Wrap for Saturday, 22 October 2022

Well, that was quick. This week Liz Truss resigned. She's left her party, and country, in a shambolic state.

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Liz Truss will have a claim to being the U.K.'s shortest-serving prime minister

Truss beats George Canning, who was prime minister for 119 days in 1827.

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Liz Truss is now the UK's shortest-serving prime minister – how does she stack up against George Canning, who previously held the record?

Liz Truss announced her resignation on October 20 2022, 44 days after taking office. The departure makes her the UK’s shortest-serving prime minister. But who did she replace to earn this undesirable accolade?

The Conversation

I fear the return of chaotic Boris, but at least that lettuce beat Truss

Yesterday, as Liz Truss announced her resignation, she propelled herself into the history books as Britain’s shortest-serving prime minister. This was a record previously held by one George Canning, who died of pneumonia in 1827. This PM however was infamously outlived by a lettuce. This is what happens when idolatory…

Evening Standard

45 things that lasted longer than Liz Truss did as Prime Minister

Milk, ill advised celebrity marriages and even hairstyles have outlasted the shortest serving PM in British history

Wales Online

Britain's 'shortest serving Prime Minister' who held the record before Truss

Prime Minister Liz Truss announced her resignation this afternoon

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Britain’s Shortest-Serving Prime Ministers

Liz Truss resigned as prime minister on Thursday 44 days after starting the job, making her Britain's shortest-serving premier. Below are the country's other leaders who did not make it through their first year. George Canning - 118 days The Tory statesman's time in office was cut short by death,…

Liverpool Echo

Liz Truss is shortest serving Prime Minister as others resigned, became ill or died

As Liz Truss claims top spot as Britain's shortest serving Prime Minister, we take a look at who else has held the job and how long they lasted.

Wales Online

The shortest serving Prime Ministers in history as Liz Truss sets new record

The Prime Ministers who outlasted Liz Truss include one who died in office and another known as "the Blubberer"

Reuters

Factbox-Liz Truss resignation: who were the UK’s shortest serving prime ministers?

Liz Truss resigned as prime minister on Thursday 44 days after starting the job, making her Britain's shortest-serving premier.

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Liz Truss seals her place in history as Britain's shortest-ever serving PM

The soon-to-be ex-Prime Minister has secured a humiliating record

Wales Online

The man who held the record as Britain's 'shortest serving Prime Minister' bore Truss broke it

MP announced her resignation this afternoon after just 45 days

Chronicle Live

Liz Truss becomes shortest-serving Prime Minister: How long all the UK's leaders lasted in Number 10

Truss is the only PM in history to have led for less than 100 days, with the longest-serving Prime Minister lasting more than 20 years

The Guardian - US

US says Iranian troops ‘directly engaged’ in Crimea supporting Russian drone strikes – as it happened

‘Relatively small number’ of troops helping Russian forces, says John Kirby, national security council spokesperson

Manchester Evening News

Who is the shortest-serving UK Prime Minister following the resignation of Liz Truss?

Liz Truss managed just 44 days in office before announcing her resignation

The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss joins ranks of shortest-serving world leaders

Truss’s stay in No 10 will be the briefest, but she has still lasted longer at the top of the tree than some others

Daily Mirror

UK's shortest serving prime ministers ranked as Liz Truss in danger of topping them all

The current holder of the dubious honour is George Canning, who was in office for just 119 days before dying of tuberculosis - but Truss has a long way to go to pass him

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