Sniping critics hate that Liz Truss has the will to win for Britain, says LEO McKINSTRY

The political challenge presented by the fallout from the 2008 Financial Crash was immense. Mervyn King, then the Governor of the Bank of England, said in early 2010 that 'whoever wins the next election will be out of power for a generation because of the severe cuts needed to tackle the deficit.