OPINION

There’s no delusion like Tory self-delusion

— After 100 days of soul-searching, Liz Truss has decided there is only one person to blame for her woes: everyone else!

COMMENT

Truss, who lost longevity battle to a lettuce, is on a comeback trail through Washington, DC

— During her trip to America, Liz Truss was happy to be cheered by some Republicans who want Trussonomics-style uber-neo-liberalism.

Long-Read

Brexit is slowly being discredited, but there’s still a long way to go

— Professor Chris Grey’s latest Brexit analysis, looking at how and why even over Christmas the Brexit debate continued, and the case for caution as well as optimism in reading the most recent opinion polls.

Trust in Politics

Trust in UK politics has taken a hit after recent chaos – and historical data suggests only a change of government can fix it

— The public does not trust British political parties at the moment, particularly not the Tories. This affects their ability to govern because much of governing is about persuading people to do or not to do things, and that becomes impossible if voters believe that they are being lied to all the time.

Analysis

Britain’s energy price cap left many people confused – especially Conservative voters

— A third of the people surveyed incorrectly thought there was a £2,500 cap on energy bills following Liz Truss’s claim that her government was “making sure nobody is paying fuel bills of more than £2,500”.

Analysis

Resignation honours — What are they, why are they so controversial and can the system ever be changed?

— The prospect of Boris Johnson and Liz Truss adding peers to the House of Lords has reopened a knotty debate that never quite gets resolved.

Analysis

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak: Who is he and how did he end up with the top job in British politics?

— It has been a short but very eventful journey to the top for a man who has only been in parliament since 2015.

Analysis

The five causes of Liz Truss’s downfall explained

— Liz Truss, the shortest-serving prime minister in British history, ran into trouble even before taking office.

OPINION

The Tory lettuceship contest

— Party still comes before country and constituents and democracy to the Conservatives. The Tories would do anything now, including giving Boris Johnson another go at being PM, to avoid annihilation in a General Election.

UK Politics

Why Liz Truss finally lost control of MPs

— After years of testing the limits of British democracy, the government finally got a taste of its own medicine when Labour used a parliamentary mechanism to lay Tory divisions bare.

Stats

Liz Truss becomes the shortest-serving UK Prime Minister

— Liz Truss now has the unwanted honour of being the shortest-serving post-war prime minister.

COMMENT

Liz Truss’s government spewed hate about everyone, including tofu-eating people like me

— Spewing hate about everyone, including tofu-eaters like me, is neither a strategy nor a solution to climate action activists’ disruptive tactics, Rashmee Roshan Lall writes.

UK Politics

What happened in the night of Westminster chaos that triggered the PM’s resignation?

— When government whips turned a vote on fracking into a vote of confidence in the government, confusion ensued. Eventually, Liz Truss had no choice but to resign.

COMMENT

Is Liz Truss really a symbol of Western democratic resilience as China crowns Xi Jinping?

— No matter whether a system is democratic or undemocratic, a bad leader’s period in office could leave millions of broken lives in its wake.

Long-Read

The best hope lies in this government’s hopelessness

— Ironically, as well as being deeply depressing, the most hopeful thing about this government is how utterly hopeless at governing it is proving itself to be.

Analysis

Liz Truss is now a case study in poor leadership

— If you don’t like the idea of being held accountable and having to answer for your actions then a leadership role is probably not for you. The top office is not a playground for ideological experiment.