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The tone, slightly robotic and convoluted, has hardly changed. But the smile is no longer there. “I have given notice of my resignation as Leader of the Conservative Party to His Majesty the King,” Prime Minister Liz Truss said Thursday followingnoon outside the door of 10 Downing Street. “I came to power at a time of great economic and international instability, she continued, dressed in a sober midnight blue suit. But we had a vision, of an economy characterized by low taxes and strong growth, which would allow us to take advantage of the freedoms offered by Brexit.
