Liz Truss’s journey from schoolgirl revolutionary to Britain’s shortest-serving Prime Minister
The Sunday Times Politics Book of the Year
‘An insightful and at times riotously entertaining account of the lengthy rise and abrupt fall of Britain’s 56th Prime Minister. What was intended as a prologue to her premiership is now a riveting political obituary in which every page drips with the seeds of both triumph and disaster. Cole and Heale have produced a meticulously reported account of Truss’s drive, impulsiveness, eccentricity and ideological certainty which reads like a warning from history. It has elements of tragedy but is frequently very, very funny.’ Tim Shipman
'Make sure you put your seat belt on. Heale and Cole put you in the passenger seat of the fastest car crash in recent political history. It's an unmissable romp through Liz Truss's long journey to the top, fuelled by ambition and espresso. The clues that foretold the extraordinary catastrophe are all there, as the authors reveal in gory detail how Liz Truss nearly had the last laugh, before finally, as her government imploded, the joke was on her.' Laura Kuenssberg
Despite being written off and mocked by even her closest colleagues, Liz Truss slowly but determinedly achieved her goal of taking over 10 Downing Street – only to instantly plunge her administration into chaos and announce her resignation after a record-breaking 44 days. How did she do it? And what exactly went so wrong?
With unrivalled access and insight, award-winning political journalists Harry Cole and James Heale provide the answers, drawing on interviews with Truss’s friends and supporters, as well as her worst critics and rivals, from Kwasi Kwarteng to Michael Gove.
Tracking Truss’s transformation from geeky teenage Lib Dem to Tory PM, with the inside scoop on her first – and only – month in office, Out of the Blue is the unmissable behind-the-scenes account of Britain’s shortest-serving Prime Minister.
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Как гром среди ясного неба: история неожиданного взлета и стремительного падения Лиз Трасс (Out of the Blue: The Inside Story of the Unexpected Rise and Rapid Fall of Liz Truss)
Автор: Гарри Коул и Джеймс Хилл (Harry Cole and James Heale)
Дата публикации: 24 ноября 2022 года
Издательство: HarperCollins
Лиз Трасс медленно, но решительно добилась своей цели - занять Даунинг-стрит, 10 - только для того, чтобы мгновенно погрузить свою администрацию в хаос и объявить о своей отставке через рекордные 44 дня.
Журналисты разбирают это крушение, опираясь на интервью с друзьями и сторонниками Трасс, а также ее злейшими критиками и соперниками.
Трасс, запомнившаяся анекдотическими высказываниями, странным поведением и бесконечными проколами, интересовала английское общество не меньше, чем жизнь поп-звезд. В книге описывается и самый запоминающийся пункт в райдере политика: каждый вечер в холодильнике Лиз Трасс должна быть бутылка Sauvignon blanc.
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