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 UniversityProducer: Sarah Shebbeare

Political Comebacks

Jonathan Freedland presents the series in which stories from the past are compared with current events.