Author: Alan Johnson

“Liz Truss at 10: How Not to Be Prime Minister” by Anthony Seldon offers a captivating insight into Truss’s brief tenure as prime minister. Despite her short-lived time in office, Truss managed to disrupt the Tory party’s reputation for economic competence with her chaotic leadership changes. Seldon’s analysis, based on 10 commandments outlining the perils of leadership, sheds light on Truss’s struggles to command big events, maintain economic credibility, and avoid U-turns. The book delves into the backstage drama of the leadership contest that led Truss to No 10, exposing a cast of arrogant and self-important characters. Truss’s ill-conceived economic…