Liz Truss backs Trump with call for Republican presidential victory

Short-lived PM does not mention frontrunner for nomination by name but says I hope a Republican will be returned in 2024'

Liz Truss, the shortest-serving prime minister in British history, who was memorably shown to have a shorter shelf life than a lettuce, has in effect backed Donald Trump in next year's US presidential election.

Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Truss - who spent just 49 days in No 10 Downing Street before being turfed out by her own Conservative party in large part for pitching the UK economy into crisis - said she wished for a Republican president next.