Is 10 Downing Street still fit for purpose?
Home to England’s political premiers for 300 years, it’s unclear if the crumbling edifice can last 100 more – or even house our new PM
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Home to England’s political premiers for 300 years, it’s unclear if the crumbling edifice can last 100 more – or even house our new PM
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Truss beats George Canning, who was prime minister for 119 days in 1827.
Short-lived governments are routine in some democracies, with uncertainty the norm and predictability ever elusive. Yet never in London, where hundreds of years of steady parliamentary rule set a standard for the world going back to the first prime minister, Robert Walpole, three centuries ago. His two decades were a picture of stability.
Truss beats George Canning, who was prime minister for 119 days in 1827.