Liz Truss enjoys her victory in a screengrab from the BBC News feed
Liz Truss became Prime Minister of a nation of 67 million people by winning an internal Conservative party leadership election of 120,000 members. The Queen died hours after meeting her, and the nation emerged from mourning only to see Truss announce a massive tax cut for the rich. The country now heads into one of its famously grim winters during a cost-of-living crisis. The first major poll is out, and her approval rating is at 15%.
