‘Like being in a cult’: MPs on the seven days that brought down Liz Truss

The mood among backbench Conservatives following Liz Truss's resignation seems to be overwhelmingly one of relief

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There are countless indignities in becoming the briefest-serving UK prime minister of all time, and a new one arrived on Friday morning when a No 10 official was able to confirm that Liz Truss had moved into the Downing Street flat - but not whether she had had enough time to fully unpack.

Truss is spending the weekend at another prime ministerial residence, the country retreat of Chequers, where she will presumably reflect on the month and a half of chaos she visited on herself and the nation, a headily compressed incumbency that ended with Thursday's 89-second resignation speech.