Articles tagged Liz Truss:

My Review of TEN YEARS TO SAVE THE WEST by Liz Truss

  • 21 Apr 2024

  I don’t know about you, but I am fed up with book reviewers who lazily review the author of the book rather than the book itself. Many of them have clearly read barely a page of the book they’re supposed to be writing about, and instead vent their prejudices about the...

Will Liz Truss Read the Writing on the Wall? And Other Pertinent Questions

  • 15 Oct 2022

Friday turned out not to be the end for Liz Truss. But it did mark the beginning of the end. And rightly so. I have no idea why people are surprised. Right from the start of the leadership contest I said she was not fit for the job. She is a terrible communicator and has a tin...

Goodbye Boris, Hello Liz

  • 4 Sep 2022

I’ve been of voting age for 42 years. I’m used to having prime ministers who are in office for a long time. For 35 of those 42 years we had prime ministers who served for at least six years. Latterly we’ve had three PMs who’ve only managed only three each. Historically, this i...

EDP Column: Why Liz Truss Deserves the Support of SW Norfolk Tories

  • 31 Oct 2009

“I suppose you’re going to pour some kerosene on the South West Norfolk selection in your EDP column,” said one local MP to me yesterday, rather miserably. Much as I might like to indulge in some more hyperbole, I shall do my best to resist temptation and try to offer some mat...

Why Liz Truss Must Pull Through

  • 27 Oct 2009

Imagine it. A political party selects a candidate who in her past has had an affair. Shock, horror. According to the Eastern Daily Pressyesterday, South West Norfolk Conservatives are in the mood to deselect Liz Truss, only three days after she was selected as their PPC. Why? ...