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Hello and welcome to Spectator Out Loud.

Each week we ask three writers from the magazine to read their pieces aloud.

I'm Natasha Foros and here's what we have this week. Katie Balls looks at what

foreign policy would look like under a Liz Trust government. Rachel Johnson reflects on the

Queen's message to the lioness's victory. And finally, Neil Clark on what we can learn from

Jim Corbett's Tiger Tales. First up, Katie Balls.

When Tom Tuganat announced he was backing Liz Truss for Prime Minister,

his former supporters were dismayed.

He was a candidate for the One Nation caucus of moderate MPs,

who defined themselves against the Tory right.

Anyone but trust was their mantra,

and lay lined up behind Rishi Sunak,

yet here was their former poster boy supporting their nemesis. What could Truss and Tegan Hat possibly have in common? The answer can be summed off in a word. China. For better or worse,

trust is an instinctive politician. On foreign affairs, she was held

back by Boris Johnson, who was more cautious on China. If she becomes Prime Minister, which

looks likely, she was been more in defence than taking a more muscular stance against aggressors.

It's a pitch that's already won over Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, Penny Maudent, his predecessor, and Trade Secretary Anne Raville, Javillian.

As the public imagines what life would be like under a Prime Minister trust, it's on foreign affairs that we have the clearest idea.

Since entering the Foreign Office in September, she has earned a reputation for her love of Instagram, her dislike a group think, and her diplomacy via karaoke.

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