It’s been yet another day of political shake-ups from within the Conservative Party.

All eyes were on Liz Truss as she delivered a press conference shortly after it was confirmed Jeremy Hunt would become the new Chancellor of the Exchequer.

He replaced Kwasi Kwarteng, who was sacked following massive backlash over his ‘disaster’ mini-budget.

While the physical actions of the Prime Minister were analysed in detail today – she was deemed ‘resigned to her fate’ by a body language expert – that wasn’t all that people noted.

Ms Truss’s extravagant signature on a letter to Mr Kwarteng also raised many eyebrows.

The looping handwriting was notably different to Ms Truss’s signature in 2020, which had a more muted approach.

Handwriting expert Tracey Trussell, speaking on behalf of family history brand Findmypast, has analysed the two scrawlings.

She told Metro.co.uk: ‘Her signature today is much less contrived and showcasing mixed messages.

‘Her surname Truss remains vertical (and the letter size diminishes), so she’s trying to convey an air of cool, poised, unflappable impartiality and diplomacy.

‘However, her Christian name continues to reveal unfulfilled aspirations. It is freer, wilder, bent on a mission. It is also strongly inclined – falling forwards – revealing her knee-jerk tendency to act first and think after.’

Ms Trussell suggested that the extravagant signature could in fact signal a sign of imposter syndrome.

She added: ‘Truss attempts some constraint, but the large dynamic size of the writing together with the elaborate flourishes tells us that everything is a drama.

‘Truss can be captivating, tenacious, imaginative, and eternally optimistic. But there’s vanity and fear that she will elicit criticism. One wonders if she suffers from imposter syndrome.’

Ms Trussell also analysed Ms Truss’s 2020 signature, which is notably more muted.

The style perhaps indicated aspirations of what was yet to come, the handwriting expert explained.

She said: ‘Before Truss was elected Prime Minister, it was clear that her trademark signature was filled with tension, like a tightly coiled spring, ready to burst into action and get down to business.

‘However, at the time of penning her former style of signature, it was clear that Truss felt she had much to accomplish but her hands were tied, and she hadn’t yet had the opportunity to say or do any of the things she’d like (to say and do), and that had left her feeling frustrated and deeply dissatisfied at an aspirational level.

‘We can see this by the way her tall stems and long downstrokes in ‘Elizabeth’ retrace, so the upstroke/ downstrokes are all penned along the same trajectory.’

Each part of the older signature still tells a deeper story, with ‘tall spiralling capitals’ reflecting pride and a large ‘i’ indicating the politician’s self-esteem was stronger in 2020, Ms Trussell explained.

She added: ‘Truss wanted to be perceived as a woman who was willing to show some flexibility (seen in the garland style of connecting strokes that string her letters together), but the joined-up script also means she doesn’t like being interrupted.

‘The final full-stop reveals how much effort she puts into her work and tells us that she doesn’t want to be questioned about her methods and will want to have the last word.’

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