Betting markets now put Liz Truss as favourite to be Prime Minister after the next general election - narrowly ahead of Keir Starmer.
It come as a series of pundits also suggest that Liz Truss has been underestimated and that we could be heading for a revival of the Conservative party’s fortunes.
So are they right? Is the Conservative Party heading for a record fifth term in government under a new, surprisingly popular, Prime Minister?
I think that the punters and pundits have got this badly wrong for the following reasons:




