Leaders | The Iceberg Lady
There is no way for her to go back to the way things were before

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Editor’s note: On October 20th Liz Truss resigned as leader of Britain’s Conservative Party and thus will soon depart as prime minister.
This article appeared in the Leaders section of the print edition under the headline “The Iceberg Lady”

From the October 15th 2022 edition
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