LIZ TRUSS spent far longer planning and campaigning to be PM than she did in the job.
New book Out Of The Blue reveals how the campaign to replace Boris Johnson started long before his resignation – with the PM himself deliberately setting up Rishi Sunak and Liz as Cabinet rivals.
Once she was in the fight, she used low tactics to take out political enemies.
Even as lurid smears about her own private life circled . . .
Truss v Rishi
IN September 2021, there was already chatter about Rishi Sunak replacing Boris Johnson.
While the PM was never contemplating sacking him, he was ready to clip his wings.
For over a year, the Chancellor was the crown prince of Tory politics, the obvious heir apparent with few major rivals.
So Johnson decided to promote one of Sunak’s likely competitors.
Showing Sunak plans for his reshuffle, the former PM claimed there was obvious discomfort from him.
Of course he could see her as a threat. “He tried to get her taken out,” says an insider, “Repeatedly.”
