17 h. ago Liz Truss makes us wish web had not been invented as she plots own social media platform

Usle e Liz Truss is launching her own “free speech” social media platform this summer

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3 d. ago Donald Trump is now badly wounded. Europe can seize an advantage | Will Hutton

It’s time to fashion a new global trade order without the USThe game-changing geopolitical event last week was the near collapse of the immense $29tn ­market in US government debt, threatening the stability of the American and global financial system and the safe-haven status of dollar assets.The US president boasted as the collapse unfolded that world leaders were queueing to “kiss his arse”. Twelve hours later, he was in the same humiliatingly weak position as the then British prime minister Liz Truss found herself after her tax-slashing “mini-budget” in 2022. The markets had forced him to pause for 90 days the swingeing range of “reciprocal” tariffs that he announced on what he proclaimed “liberation day”; instead he lowered all of them, bar that on China, to 10%. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Nigel Farage likens Donald Trump to 'Lettuce' Liz Truss after doing 'too much, too soon'

Nigel Farage has seemingly turned on his Orange Manbaby friend Donald Trump after his recent economic policies cause mayhem across the globe

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5 d. ago Will the bonds market bring down Donald Trump like it did Liz Truss?

Donald Trump’s dramatic row back on tariffs has echoes of Liz Truss’s downfall - but will the market turmoil affect his future in the White House? Alicja Hagopian reports

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5 d. ago Nigel Farage compares turmoil of Donald Trump’s tariffs to market chaos caused by Liz Truss

Nigel Farage has compared Donald Trump with Liz Truss as he increasingly distances himself from the US president’s policies

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5 d. ago Nigel Farage compares Donald Trump to LIZ TRUSS and warns the US might not win trade war with China

Nigel Farage moved to distance himself from his long-term ally as he admitted he had never seen the kind of chaos that has gripped markets in the wake of 'Liberation Day'.

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5 d. ago Nigel Farage compares Donald Trump to Liz Truss and won't say if he's 'chump or champ' on tariffs trade war

The Reform UK leader believes both Trump and Truss did ‘too much too soon’

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5 d. ago Nigel Farage hurls brutal insult at pal Donald Trump by comparing him to Liz Truss

Nigel Farage compared the wrecking ball President to the wrecking ball Prime Minister in a brutal response to this pal's tariff policy

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8 d. ago Liz Truss blames Mark Carney for causing economic meltdown ‘on her watch’

Former PM said Mark Carney did a ‘terrible job’ as Bank of England governor and created the problems which sparked her downfall

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8 d. ago Donald Trump threatens China with 50% extra tariffs with global markets in Black Monday meltdown

Economic experts are already comparing Trump’s tariffs to Liz Truss’ disastrous economic policy which saw her swiftly forced to resign as Prime Minister

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8 d. ago I was in London for the Liz Truss debacle. 5 lessons for Trump — and all of us.

I was in London for the Liz Truss debacle. 5 lessons for Trump — and all of us.  MarketWatch

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8 d. ago Opinion: I was in London during the Liz Truss debacle. Here are 5 lessons for Trump — and the rest of us.

Opinion: I was in London during the Liz Truss debacle. Here are 5 lessons for Trump — and the rest of us.  MarketWatch

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9 d. ago We might need a bigger lettuce after Donald Trump's tariffs dubbed his 'Liz Truss moment'

Ex-Prime Minister Liz Truss famously failed to outlast the Daily Star's 60p lettuce, now US President Donald Trump has been warned his global tariffs could be his 'Truss moment'

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1 week ago Donald Trump branded 'America's Liz Truss' as Keir Starmer plans defence against tariff crisis

Keir Starmer will make a series of ‘interventions’, starting on Monday - vowing to go further and faster with infrastructure projects and a push for growth to steel ourselves against Trump’s trade war

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2 w. ago Voices: Michael Gove’s advice to Kemi Badenoch reveals how far the Tories have fallen

The former cabinet minister’s insights into the Conservative's struggles highlight the party's deepening crisis and the challenges facing its future, writes John Rentoul

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2 w. ago Voices: Michael Gove explains why he abandoned Boris Johnson twice

The former cabinet minister’s insights into the Conservatives’ struggles highlight the party’s deepening crisis and the challenges facing its future, writes John Rentoul

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2 w. ago Reeves’s spring statement almost as unpopular as Truss’s disastrous mini

Just one in five voters believe Rachel Reeves is doing a good job, as chancellor’s approval rating plunges towards that of her predecessor Kwasi Kwarteng prior to him being sacked

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2 w. ago Donald Trump had PTSD from assassination attempt when he picked JD Vance as vice president, says former aide Anthony Scaramucci

At first glance, Anthony Scaramucci and Dominic Sandbrook make an unlikely duo. One – known to friends and detractors as ‘The Mooch’ – is a silver-tongued businessman with quiffed hair and an Italian-American twanged voice, whose 11 day stint as Donald Trump’s communications director in 2017 in his first term as President makes Liz Truss look seasoned. The other is an Oxford educated historian with a roster of BBC documentaries under his belt and an RP accent.

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2 w. ago Donald Trump had PTSD when he picked JD Vance as vice president, says former colleague Anthony Scaramucci

At first glance, Anthony Scaramucci and Dominic Sandbrook make an unlikely duo. One – known to friends and detractors as ‘The Mooch’ – is a silver-tongued businessman with quiffed hair and an Italian-American twanged voice, whose 11 day stint as Donald Trump’s communications director in 2017 in his first term as President makes Liz Truss look seasoned. The other is an Oxford educated historian with a roster of BBC documentaries under his belt and an RP accent.

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3 w. ago Which burger chain was named after Jerry Murrell and his sons? The Saturday quiz

From inexperience, jealousy and nausea to the Mechanical Turk, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz1 Before Liz Truss, who was the last prime minister never to contest a general election?2 Which Egyptian pharaoh’s tomb was identified in 2025?3 What is the England’s southernmost city?4 In Chinese, what animal’s name means “big bear cat”? 5 The rock kimberlite is renowned as a source of what?6 Carina Vogt, in 2014, was the first woman to win Winter Olympic gold in what event?7 What game was played by the “automaton” the Mechanical Turk?8 Which burger chain was named after Jerry Murrell and his four sons?What links: 9 Barbican, 1985; Palace theatre, 1985 to 2004; Sondheim theatre from 2004?10 Bismar; pendulum; Roberval; steelyard; torsion?11 Chandra; Coyolxauhqui; Máni; Selene; Thoth?12 Horticultural skill; inexperience; jealousy; nausea; permanent resident card?13 Behind the Scenes at the Museum; South Riding; The Secret Garden; Wuthering Heights?14 1215; 1216, 1217, 1225; 1297?...

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