When leaders don’t listen: Lessons from Liz Truss’ rise and fall
by Ned Temko
Oct 17, 2022
3 minutes
Even by the tumultuous standards of recent British politics – with three prime ministers in as many years – the rise and fall of the latest leader, Liz Truss, has been extraordinary.
It has been dizzyingly quick. It has damaged not just her reputation, but Britain’s economy.
It has also been almost entirely self-inflicted – which is why it carries important implications for Britain and other democracies such as the United States as well as autocracies like Russia and China.
That’s because the main reason Ms. Truss now
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