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The prime minister has assembled a team based on personal loyalty and narrow ideology. She will soon need to broaden her horizonsLiz Truss first joined the cabinet when David Cameron was prime minister, and has now doggedly pursued her ambitions all the way to the top. It is a feat of tenacity that proves she can outmanoeuvre her peers and win arguments among Tories. Running the country will demand a more varied skill set.Given the scale of the challenges ahead, the new prime minister would benefit from a cabinet staffed with experienced ministers and proven administrators. Ms Truss appears instead to have recruited on the basis of loyalty and narrow ideology. Continue reading...