Just over three weeks ago I’d ducked out of the morbid Conservative Party conference in Birmingham and was enjoying a cocktail in a quiet hotel bar when an urgent message arrived. The team organising the Queen Mary 2’s Literature Festival at Sea (basically books on a boat) needed to know what I wanted to call the political stand-up show I am due to perform on board. After some contemplation, and another cocktail, I settled on I’ve Got Truss Issues and felt very pleased with myself.
The cruise sets sail from New York on December 3. By the time we arrive in Southampton a week later, Liz Truss will have been out of Downing Street for as long as she was in it. Never mind the
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