++ Liz Truss watch ++

Is It a coincidence that just as Boris is pulverised in the North shropshire byelection, Foreign secretary Liz truss trumpets her £10billion trade deal with Australia?

there’s also her oh-so-grand Christmas card — showing her Prime Ministerially bedecked with a Union Jack flag and sitting next to a globe — sent out soon after 100 tory MPs rebelled against Boris Johnson over Covid measures.

silly to think Ms t wants to become the next Lady t: Ambitious Liz is clearly modelling herself on Queen elizabeth I.