LIZ TRUSS’S PREMIERSHIP was short, but the debris — misjudged ideas and shattered reputations — may take years to clear. According to William Hague in the Times, the message was that “ideology is dead” and “it’s competence we need now”.
In his view, Britain needs less rhetoric on low taxes and the small state, and more “pragmatism” over such policy areas as education and the National Health Service. Hague’s target was the free market think-tanks, notably the Institute of Economic Affairs,