Support trulyindependent journalismOur mission is to deliver unbiased, fact-based reporting that holds power to account and exposes the truth.Whether $5 or $50, every contribution counts.Support us to deliver journalism without an agenda.Find out moreOscar-nominated actor Samantha Morton has come to Liz Truss’s defence, as she blamed double standards for the treatment the former prime minister received after her historically short stint in office. Truss was widely ridiculed for not outlasting a lettuce, after the 48-year-old resigned after 45 days – making her the shortest-serving prime minister in British history. But The Serpent Queen star hit out at the “vitriol” Truss received, in a new interview with The Times. “We’ve had some horrific male prime ministers yet the vitriol that’s dished out to Margaret Thatcher or Liz Truss or Theresa May is just wrong,” she said. “You can say Liz Truss did a bad job, and she did, but there isn’t such a nastiness when men do…
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