Liz Truss’s resignation honours list: runners and riders

And so the Liz Truss regime ends after a glorious 45 days in power. And, appropriately, in a government where humour and tragedy were so often intwined, the Daily Telegraph is now reporting that Truss intends to draw up her own resignation honours’ list after a mere six weeks in office. Below is a list of Steerpike’s own suggestions mixed up with the predictions of the paper of record. Try to separate the fact from fiction in this list…

Mark Fullbrook – Truss’s gaffe-prone chief of staff who became a weekly feature in the Sunday Times. Truss was the third candidate Fullbrook backed in the summer leadership race after the implosion of Nadhim Zahawi and the defenestration of Penny Mordaunt. Since then Midas Mark has found fame for his lobbying links and backfiring briefings. Surely it’s time for him to join his wife in the Lords?

Kwasi Kwarteng – An economic historian who has done so much to add to the field.