‘It feels like game over’: Liz Truss struggles for authority as party plots her demise

British prime minister Liz Truss during a press conference in the briefing room at Downing Street, London yesterday.

Within minutes of the announcement that she had made it to the final two in the British Conservative party leadership contest in July, Liz Truss sent Tory MPs a message on social media.

“Thank you for putting your trust in me,” she tweeted. “I’m ready to hit the ground from day one.” Her post was quickly deleted and the word “running” was added in.