The former Prime Minister has released her memoir ‘Ten Years to Save the West’ (PA). Liz Truss had already discredited herself with her talk of the ‘deep state’ plotting against her as Prime Minister. The first passages from her book seem just as embarrassing. She describes a car ride with Kwasi Kwarteng, her chancellor, after … Read more
Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives and Sir Keir Starmer’s Labor Party will contest the general election later this year. (AFP via Getty Images) With Labor still riding high in the polls, one expert has suggested the party is all but guaranteed to form the next government. A general election will take place in the second half of … Read more
Sajid Javid, Ben Wallace and Dominic Raab, among others, will resign The next general election will see more Conservative MPs resign than at any time since Labour’s 1997 landslide. Fifty-seven Tories have now said they plan to leave Parliament rather than seek re-election, with a poll expected in 2024. There are fears that the Conservatives … Read more
Liz Truss’ attempt to restart her political career with the launch of a new right-wing Tory faction was hit by chaos – as some of her closest former allies stayed away. The launch event for Popular Conservatism – also known as PopCons – was rocked by former Truss chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s announcement that he would … Read more
Liz Truss’s decision to hand out peerages and top gongs to supporters of her short and disastrous premiership has been branded ‘the lettuce list’ by her critics. They claim the awards for the former prime minister’s allies and backers are the biggest honors scandal since the infamous ‘Lavender List’ approved by Labor Prime Minister Harold … Read more