Keir Starmer compared Kemi Badenoch to Liz Truss in a brutal Commons slapdown. The prime minister told the Tory leader she was on course to becoming “the next lettuce” as the pair clashed at PMQs.

After being outlasted by a lettuce in the Daily Star’s infamous stunt, Liz Truss now has a decidedly less central role on the political stage. What does return of Liz Truss mean for the Tory party?

Was Liz Truss done in by The Blob, the British version of the administrative state? While the former PM started out with a ...