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Liz Truss responds to being compared to a lettuce
- The former prime minister was asked whether she thought her time at Downing Street had made the UK 'an international laughing stock'.
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- NewsThe Guardian
Ten Years to Save the West by Liz Truss review – economical with the truth about her own downfall
The former PM’s whingeing, unintentionally hilarious and scapegoating rant about the economy-crashing disaster of her time in No 10 is best read as a cautionary tale of hubristic zeal
- NewsThe Telegraph
Liz Truss says she’s not trying to reinstate herself as prime minster
Liz Truss has insisted she does not want to “reinstate” herself as prime minister, just days after hinting she could return to front-line politics.
- NewsHuffPost UK
Liz Truss Refuses To Apologise For Her Role In Mortgage Rate Rises In Toe-Curling Interview
The ex-PM also claimed people who criticise her in the UK "don't want to face the truth".
- NewsSky News
Liz Truss refuses to apologise for sparking mortgage rate rise - but admits one failing as PM
Liz Truss has acknowledged she and her government lost the confidence of financial markets following the mini-budget of October 2022 – but has refused to apologise to homeowners for higher interest rates. Talking to Sky News, the former prime minister blamed her downfall on the Bank of England, primarily governor Andrew Bailey. "In retrospect, yes, I probably should have spoken directly to the governor of the Bank of England at the time."
- NewsThe Independent
Liz Truss accused of using ‘fabricated’ Rothschild quote in new memoir
Former PM’s publisher reportedly forced to apologise over use of ‘fabricated’ quote
- NewsThe National
'Penal colony': Anger as Tory pundit says Liz Truss should 'go to Outer Hebrides'
LIZ Truss should have “gone and run a hotel in the Outer Hebrides” instead of trying to remain at the “forefront” of politics, an influential Tory journalist has said ...
- NewsThe Telegraph
Liz Truss memoir broke our rules, says Cabinet Office
Liz Truss has become embroiled in a row with the Cabinet Office over her memoir as the watchdog said she had broken the rules by publishing it without formal approval.
- NewsSky News
Liz Truss's book Ten Years To Save The West in breach of rules in place on minister's memoirs
Liz Truss's memoir broke the rules in place for ministers publishing works about their time in office. While Ms Truss submitted the book to civil servants in the Cabinet Office for review, a final sign-off was not sought before publication. The Radcliffe Rules, introduced in the wake of the publication in the 1970s of the diaries of Richard Crossman's time in cabinet, prohibit the publication of content which is damaging or destructive to national security, to the UK's international relations,
- NewsThe Independent
Liz Truss, lettuce and the Deep State: Seven car crash moments from former PM’s book tour
Britain’s shortest-serving prime minister has launched her new book, ‘Ten Years to Save the West’
- NewsHuffPost UK
Liz Truss Admits 1 Thing Could Have Stopped Her From Unveiling Her Disastrous Mini-Budget
No, it was not a lettuce.
