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Truss at 10: How Not to be Prime Minister (Hardback)
Anthony Seldon

The shortest-serving prime minister in history.

The first former leader to lose their seat since 1935. An inside look at how it all went so wrong. Liz Truss's disastrous premiership was the shortest and most chaotic in British history.

In the space of just 49 days, Truss witnessed the death of the longest-reigning monarch, attempted to remould the economy, triggered a collapse in the value of Sterling and was forced on a series of embarrassing U-turns that ultimately led to her resignation. The aftershocks of her time in office are still felt today. How did she blow her opportunity so spectacularly? Based on exclusive interviews with key aides, allies and insiders, and focusing on the critical steps that led to her demise, this gripping behind-the-scenes work of contemporary history gives the definitive account of Truss's premiership.

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Awards

Sunday Times bestseller

Media Reviews

Enticingly structured... Commendable... The menu is well known, but is deliciously seasoned all the same.' The Times

[A] forensic and eloquent evisceration of Truss's chaotic and catastrophic 49 days in No 10' Independent

'A textbook on bad government' Dominic Grieve, Guardian

What We Think

We think that Liz Truss has a shout for being Britain's worst Prime Minister. She only lasted 45 days and it's been calculated (by The Resolution Foundation) that she lost the country £30bn (yes that’s a b) with her terrible budget. Being the shortest-serving PM in history, you could be forgiven for not really keeping up with how it went wrong - Truss at 10 covers that in some detail. It's depressing, but interesting all the same.

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The Author

Author: Anthony Seldon
Nationality: English

The Book

Format: Hardback
Pages: 384
Published: 2024-08-29
First Published:
ISBN: 9781805462132

The Place

Continent: Europe
Country: Britain