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A week, let alone a year, is a long time in politics, and it appears that Liz Truss who left the UK’s highest office in October 2023 is no longer a completely familiar face.
Truss was the UK’s PM for just 49 days before her abrupt departure, so it was perhaps forgivable that she was not immediately recognised by an ITV presenter at the Goodwood Racecourse this week.
This is incredible in several ways, not least of which that I don't think there is another former PM that could go entirely unrecognised through an interview.
But also – mainly – because it results in the BEST IMPROVISED PUT DOWN/SEGUE EVER on television. ~SS pic.twitter.com/qsdLzRAuCa
Racing specialist Matt Chapman was doing the rounds in the parade ring, asking spectators for their tips when he chanced upon successful racehorse owner Jim Hay and got a few words on the day.
Standing next to him was a smiling woman, whom Chapman didn’t bother to ask any questions before moving on.
The commentators then mused that he had failed to recognise the woman who had less than a year ago been trusted to run the country. One asked, “That’s Liz Truss, isn’t it?” and his colleague replied, “This market could crash any minute, couldn’t it?” before swiftly moving on.
Truss infamously presided over one of the more volatile periods in British history, when her economic decisions to make tax cuts and borrow money for dramatic growth plunged the country into near-recession, so it is unlikely that, even if he had recognised her, Chapman would have asked her for a racing tip suggestion.
