UK's next Prime Minister Liz Truss faces huge challenges, says chrismasonbbc
She served on Greenwich Council, in south-east London, and fought an unwinnable parliamentary seat in the 2001 general election. At the 2005 general election, she came a distant second in a Labour-leaning marginal. Yet ahead of the 2010 general election, she had become the Conservative candidate for a safe Tory seat, South West Norfolk.
One long-standing former Greenwich councillor recalled to me that back in her town hall days Liz Truss was notably quiet during full council meetings, but got stuck into her committee work. Perhaps their contrasting CVs go some way to explaining their very different approaches to the campaign: Liz Truss relishing the scrap, Rishi Sunak appearing more hesitant at times - and at others more uncomfortable - to get stuck into the noisier, sometimes grubbier side of politics.But elation and back stories only get you to now. Liz Truss is confronted by the gargantuan task of government.
They are hopeful that Sir Keir's experience of taking on Lisa Nandy and Rebecca Long Bailey, during the Labour leadership contest, proves he can be effective in debate without being accused of patronising.
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