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King or country... our challenge to Tories over PM choice reaches court
The Observer
|May 18, 2025
Liz Truss's premiership was like a political Lost Weekend - wild, messy and followed by a long hangover.
Her short stay in Downing Street hurt the living standards of millions. It still constrains the government's ability to borrow and spend. It wounded the Conservative party itself.
When Boris Johnson resigned in the summer of 2022, Truss was not the preferred choice of the majority of Conservative MPs. Instead, she was chosen by members of the Conservative party in a run-off with Rishi Sunak.
Who were the people who cast the 81,326 votes that made Liz Truss prime minister? How many were British citizens, how many not? How many were under the voting age? How and how securely - was that election conducted?
Three years ago, when Tortoise, the slow news startup that has since bought
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