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Liz Truss was voted into power on that platform, but was then unceremoniously booted out a few weeks later when she actually tried to implement it and the bond
by benjaminwootton 3y ago
Liz Truss was voted into power on that platform, but was then unceremoniously booted out a few weeks later when she actually tried to implement it and the bond and currency markets had a wobble. If only they could have weathered the storm, things might look very different by now.
- tonyedgecombe 3y agoVoted into power by the Tory party membership, not the general electorship. The problem Truss had was she was ignoring advice from the experts and proceeding based on faith. They couldn't weather the storm, they had already run aground and were about to break up on the rocks.
- mike_hearn 3y agoNot even that actually. Members aren't allowed to directly pick the party leader, they can only choose between two alternatives put to them by the MPs. If the members directly elected party leaders it would be run by Kemi Badenoch, a black female conservative software engineer who when she was younger hacked the website of a Labour MP so it said nice things about the Tories.