Misplaced Truss? Britain’s ruling party meets
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The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 4 October 2022
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Prime Minister Liz Truss has had a bruising first few weeks in office. Amid policy U-turns and plummeting poll numbers, her Tory party’s annual shindig is a venue for much soul-searching. Russia’s “partial mobilisation” is unlikely to help much on the battlefield—and is proving exceedingly unpopular at home. And the dangers of naming species after people who become notorious.
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| 1:19.8 | Russia's thinning and tired ranks need replenishing in Ukraine, but it's not clear President Vladimir Putin's partial mobilization will help. Conscripts are getting little training, |
| 1:25.3 | and the Russian public mood has shifted at the mention of a draft. |
| 1:30.2 | And there's always some good press to be had when a newly discovered species is named after someone famous. |
| 1:36.9 | But what happens when that someone famous becomes someone notorious? |
| 1:41.5 | Turns out it's tricky to rename things like the Hitler Beetle. |
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