Britain | Wasp in a bell jar
What kind of prime minister will Liz Truss be?
Britain’s new leader is a small-state conservative in a big-state era
Editor’s note (September 8th 2022): This article has been updated to include details of the Conservative plan to cap household energy bills.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “New leader, familiar problems”
Britain September 10th 2022
- What kind of prime minister will Liz Truss be?
- A weaker pound does not spell disaster for Britain
- The cost-of-living crisis in Britain is not just about energy
- Books are physically changing because of inflation
- The profile of suicide victims in Britain is changing
- Meet Britain’s chancellor of the exchequer. He’s rather odd
From the September 10th 2022 edition
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