Liz Truss revealed her weakness at PMQs

In her first Prime Minister’s Questions, Liz Truss said that before she was anything else she was ‘on the side of people who work hard and do the right thing’. In response, Keir Starmer showed that Labour’s first task was to make clear that she was nothing of the sort.

And I suspect he will have the easier time of it. For a Prime Minister to portray herself as the faithful friend of Big Oil is – how to put this politely? – a ‘brave strategy’ at the best of times. It looks terrible when fuel prices and the national debt are in a race to see which can inflate the fastest.

As I wrote on these pages a few days ago, Labour will regroup after losing the sitting target of Boris Johnson. It will attack Truss for being in the pocket of big business and for taking risks with the nation’s finances.