Review: 'Out of the Blue: The inside story of the unexpected rise and rapid fall of Liz Truss' by Harry Cole and James Heale ( Harpercollins ) Rating: 3.5 out of 5 When Boris Johnson finally gave in to fierce pressure from backbenchers, ministers, the media and the public by announcing his resignation as Prime Minister, it fired the starting gun on one of the most extraordinary four-month periods in British political history. A giant field of candidates threw their hats into the ring for the titanic tussle to be Johnson's successor. Among them were so-called 'big beasts' of the Conservative party (Grant Shapps, Nadhim Zahawi, Rishi Sunak), the 'rising stars' (Kemi Badenoch, Penny Mordaunt) and those who might be most politely described as 'under the radar' (Rehman Chishti). Elizabeth Truss MP, the Foreign Secretary, was the eleventh and final candidate to declare, and the last one standing when all was said and done. She battled her way through the ...