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Kent political grandee Lord Michael Howard has revealed he predicted Liz Truss would be an “absolute disaster” as Prime Minister before she landed the top job. Speaking to the Kent Politics Podcast, the former Folkestone MP, now Lord Howard of Lympne, said her platform for election as Tory leader, of cutting taxes and upping borrowing, would not work. The former Tory leader disclosed he broke his own rule not to endorse leadership candidates in order to back Rishi Sunak instead. Lord Howard also told the podcast he had never been impressed with Ms Truss in her roles in government. He said: “Th…

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