Irish Examiner view: Ireland waits for Labour majority in UK

Liz Truss’s intervention on Good Friday Agreement shows how difficult it will be for Ireland to deal with the current iteration of a Conservative Party that has clearly lost its way

Prime minister Liz Truss delivers her keynote speech to the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham on Wednesday.

Even those addicted to the knockabout fun of politics may find the antics of Britain’s Tory party too wild for genuine enjoyment.

Since its latest leadership struggle was resolved in favour of Liz Truss becoming prime minister, the British economy has endured a crash in the value of sterling, a spike in mortgage rates, and a narrowly averted pensions meltdown. Truss has been resident in 10 Downing Street for one month.