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Liz Truss' waning power brings political plots, and jokes

Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss attends a press conference in the Downing Street Briefing Room in central London, Friday, October 14, 2022, following the sacking of the finance minister in response to a budget that sparked markets chaos. [AP]

Powerless, humiliated, labelled a "ghost" prime minister and compared unfavourably to a head of lettuce - this is not a good week for Liz Truss.

Britain's prime minister was scrambling to recover her grasp on power Tuesday after her economic plans were ripped up and repudiated by a Treasury chief whom she was forced to appoint to avoid a meltdown in the financial markets.

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