Liz Truss’s rider for official trips thetimes.co.uk/article/4a5788…

Final serialisation of ‘Out of the Blue’ ahead of Monday’s release:

Liz Truss’s two-year stint at Trade transformed her into a Brexit Queen and membership favourite.

Selfies, sushi and Sauvignon Blanc - on tour with Team Truss

w/Harry Cole

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Kwarteng’s perspective all the more interesting given his own background in economic history and work on Thatcher & Howe’s famous 1981 Budget

In today’s Times - the inside story of how Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget turned into a major disaster with Harry Cole

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Thanks Laura Kuenssberg! 'Make sure you put your seat belt on. Heale and Cole put you in the passenger seat of the fastest car crash in recent political history. It's an unmissable romp through Truss's long journey to the top, fuelled by ambition and espresso.' amazon.co.uk/Out-Blue-insid…

New figures show Nigel Farage's company increased total net assets by almost half a million pounds in a year. Reviews suggest he's also made £50k on Cameo, with Farage charging £4,300 for business videos for 'meetings, retreats and employee recognition.'

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Superb photoshoot of Lindsay Hoyle inspecting Big Ben, ahead of the clocks going back this weekend.

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Daniel Finkelstein I have read it and it's much more fun knowing the ending as the seeds of disaster are present throughout

This extract is absolutely fascinating. I don’t buy the idea that events have made this book pointless. I think it makes it much more interesting. An entire narrative of a failed idea, it’s rise and its fall. I can’t wait to read it.

So what forced Truss to ditch Kwarteng and mini-Budget? Dire Treasury warning of 20 year downturn, and UK reduced to 'third world' status, unable to sell debt tipped PM.. 1st look at 'Out of the Blue' (amazon.co.uk/Out-Blue-insid…) in The Sun with James Heale: thesun.co.uk/news/20246888/…

EXCLUSIVE: Suella Braverman leaked top secret plan to cut Britain’s deficit by £14bn with new ‘Growth Visa’ - after OBR warned her hardline anti immigration conference speech would increase blackhole by £6bn, new book ‘Out of the Blue’ reveals: thesun.co.uk/news/20248220/…

Very much enjoyed this piece from James Heale about the book he and Harry Cole are writing on Liz Truss. Will definitely be buying a copy, even if personally I would have gone for 'Liz Truss: The Downing Street Weeks' as the title.
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Meme currently going round TikTok. One of these is not like the others…

Time for Bristolians to be given a go. A signet ring on every finger, a rollie behind every ear. Bucket hats on each head and hearts warmed by the glow of Oxbridge rejection.

🗞 Is Rishi ready? James Forsyth on his game plan

✍️ In the mag:

• Samir Shah on Sunak’s Hinduism
• James Heale on the horror of writing Liz Truss’s biography
• ‘My part in Liz Truss’s downfall’: economist Julian Jessop on what went wrong

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