to political supporters and former aides include three life peerages, one for ex vote leave chief matthew elliott, another for businessmen and conservative donor john moynihan, and thirdly, ruth porter, a long term adviser. there were also damehoods for the writer and maths education campaigner shirley conran and the former conservative ministerjackie doyle price. another ex conservative minister alec shelbrooke gets a knighthood. critics have expressed dismay at the list. remember, liz truss was prime ministerfor ao odd days. she and her conservative colleagues pushed the economy off a cliff. families across the country are paying more on their mortgage, more in tax, more on their credit cards, as a consequence of decisions taken by liz truss. and these are rewards for failure. speaking to bbc radio 4 s today programme, a former minister who served in liz truss s cabinet defended her right to put people forward. liz truss took on the most senior politicaljob in the country,
too busy but walking through the station there are a lot of people inside, what s on families and young children and suitcases, people standing around wondering what to do, services to paris and amsterdam and brussels and disneyland paris to and brussels and disneyland paris to a lot of children inside and families wondering what to do next. a busy period, wanting to go on holiday on new year s eve and visit family and your and as i was walking through the station announcements that would not be any trains before midday at the earliest and suffer 14 trains cancelled, none running midday and they said if anyone was hoping to get a last minute ticket do not bother because every train is full. they are working on the issue and anyone is affected they can get and anyone is affected they can get a full refund or exchange the ticket but for a lot of people inside they want to get to where they are going and we have been hearing from simon calder who has been in the station talking
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the excitement is building in liverpool as last minute preparations are made for the eurovision song contest final. the uk s entry will be the last of the 26 acts to perform. now on bbc news, the king s coronation service. trumpet fanfare you can plan for everything, except at the weather. this is operation golden orb in action. the code name used for the king s coronation by those planning it from buckingham palace to the broadcaster. i am getting soaking here, come on! hurry up! there has been a coronation plannerfor years, but in recent days and weeks, things have intensified. just but in recent days and weeks, things have intensified. have intensified. just trying to fine tune and have intensified. just trying to fine tune and balance - have intensified. just trying to fine tune and balance it. - have intensified. just trying to i fine tune and balance it. knowing have intensified. just trying to - fine tune and balance it. knowing an event on this fine tune and bala
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