Liz Truss
What foreign policy would look like under a PM Truss
What foreign policy would look like under a PM Truss
Will China hawks match words with deeds?
In the Tory leadership race both Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak have been keen to talk tough on China. Truss…
Sturgeon isn't an 'attention seeker'
There is a lot of pearl-clutching over Liz Truss’s dismissive remarks about Nicola Sturgeon. Much of it involves conflating a…
Is Liz Truss too comfortable?
After England scored their first goal last night, the team visibly relaxed and had a spell of playing happily until…
The real difference between Sunak and Truss's tax policies
The Tory leadership race is becoming a test of patience. Today Rishi Sunak has laid out his plan to slash…
Sunak is running out of time
This could be the biggest week of the Tory leadership campaign: postal ballots will start arriving on members’ doormats in…
Poll: Tory voters prefer Truss over Sunak
The Tory leadership races is a tale of two approaches: Liz Truss appears to be campaigning to win the party…
Why Liz Truss shouldn’t be PM
Two and a half years ago I joined the Tory party to vote for Boris, then unjoined as soon as…
Rishi’s mad dash: can he catch up with Truss?
Why Sunak suddenly finds himself facing defeat
Trussonomics doesn’t add up
I’ve been lucky enough in my working life so far to hold a string of jobs that have allowed me…
Andrew Neil's interview with Rishi Sunak – as it happened
Rishi Sunak was interviewed by Andrew Neil on Channel 4 tonight. He was quizzed on inflation, the NHS backlog and more. Liz Truss,…
Truss gambit outflanks Sunak on China
Talk about a tale of two campaigns. China has been one of the dominant themes this week in the Tory…
Liz Truss's failed Lib Dem bid revealed
She is the current favourite to be our next Prime Minister but Liz Truss hasn’t always been such a staunch…
Will Liz Truss dare to face Andrew Neil?
It’s six weeks to go until voting closes for the Tory leadership and polls suggest that Liz Truss is the…
Last ones standing: the leadership finalists on taxes, net zero and freedom of speech
The leadership candidates on taxes, net zero and freedom of speech
Liz Truss is no Margaret Thatcher
The late Senator Lloyd Bentsen was 26 years older than the young Senator Dan Quayle when in 1988 they crossed…
The ruthless inefficiency of the Tory party
It is hard to love the Conservative party. But one reason it has at least always commanded a certain amount…
Priti and Truss back MPs over Beijing’s threats
Most Tories are focusing on the leadership race but for some there are other concerns. Take the five MPs who…
The Tories abandon fiscal conservatism at their peril
And then there were two. Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss now go to the membership. There’s much talk today about how…
Sunak and Truss make final two – as it happened
Britain’s next Prime Minister will be either Rishi Sunak or Liz Truss. Refresh this page for the latest developments. 4.45…
The Conservative party has ceased to be serious
I’m not sure that the Conservative party wants to win elections. Tom Tugendhat was knocked out of the leadership contest…
The latest Tory leadership debate was a grim spectacle
The eyes had it, in last night’s leadership debate. Penny Mordaunt and Rishi Sunak took turns directing to the camera…
The verdict: the second Tory leadership debate
‘If you’re still watching this debate, well done,’ said Mordaunt, bizarrely, in her closing statement. ‘I wish tonight had been…
The case for Liz Truss
The past six years have been a turbulent and controversial time in British politics. Through them all, one person consistently…
Liz Truss enters the leadership contest
Liz Truss has become the tenth candidate to enter the Tory leadership race. Announcing her intentions in an op-ed for…
