Many Brits who’ve outstayed their welcome in the Old Country head across the Pond for pastures new and the chance of a fresh start. The Pilgrims, Thomas Paine, John Oliver. Could former prime minister Liz Truss be the next to follow that well-trodden path?
Since her astonishing fall from grace last September, when she managed just forty-four days as prime minister, Truss has found a couple of excuses to come to Washington. The latest DC think tank to welcome to the most impactful economic mind of the last decade is the Heritage Foundation, who had Truss give their 2023 Margaret Thatcher Freedom lecture last week.
The auditorium was three-quarters full when Truss took to the stage, in a Tory-blue dress, skin-tone heels and that much-speculated-about necklace. Her speech was perfectly tailored to an audience of American conservatives: she hit on hot-button culture war issues, was hawkish on China, and offered potshots at the Democrats and the left.
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