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Short-Lived Leaders
As Liz Truss resigns after 44 days in office, the shortest serving Prime Minister in UK history, Jonathan Freedland takes the Long View of short-lived leaders; from Emperor Didius Julianus in AD 193 to Prime Minister Lord Goderich in 1827.
Contributors:
Professor Tim Cornell, Emeritus Professor of Ancient History at the University of Manchester
Dr Luke Blaxill, Political historian at Oxford University
Producer: Sarah Shebbeare
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As Liz Truss resigns after 44 days in office, the shortest serving Prime Minister in UK history, Jonathan Freedland takes the Long View of short-lived leaders; from Emperor Didius Julianus in AD 193 to Prime Minister Lord Goderich in 1827.
Contributors:
Professor Tim Cornell, Emeritus Professor of Ancient History at the University of Manchester
Dr Luke Blaxill, Political historian at Oxford University
Producer: Sarah Shebbeare
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