Liz UnTrussed
The Slow Newscast
Alice Sandelson
4.6 • 894 Ratings
🗓️ 1 July 2025
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Liz Truss was the UK’s shortest serving prime minister, but since leaving office she’s continued to buck the trend. Post premiership, she’s become one of the most vocal among her peers.
What has driven her into the arms of the populist right? And what does it tell us about the state of the party she has left behind?
Reporter: Philip Collins
Producer: Ada Barumé
Artwork: Lola Williams
Sound Designer: Dominic Delargy
Editor: Jasper Corbett
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| 1:12.6 | The Observer. Hello, I'm Claudia and you're listening to the slow newscast from The Observer. |
| 1:21.5 | This week, the tale of Liz Trust, untrust. What has the UK's shortest serving Prime Minister been up to since leaving |
| 1:29.7 | number 10? And what could it mean for one of the world's oldest and most successful political |
| 1:34.9 | parties? My colleagues Philip Collins and Ada Barumet have been charting Liz Truss's journey |
| 1:40.6 | and speaking to some of her closest allies to try to understand what her plan is. |
| 1:46.7 | Over to Philip. |
| 1:49.7 | It's a Friday afternoon in April and somewhere in a conference centre in Bedford, |
| 1:54.6 | people are rearranging the seating on stage as members of the audience shuffle to their |
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