Lionel Barber is former editor of the Financial Times. He is the author of "The Powerful and the Damned: Private Diaries in Turbulent Times."
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Liz Truss, cartoon Mrs. Thatcher, takes power in U.K.
Economic turmoil will test Britain's new prime minister
Liz Truss faces a daunting in-tray that ranges from a domestic cost of living crisis to uncertainty over Britain's place in the world. © AP
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