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Robert Jenrick Mocks Liz Truss In Brutal Tory Conference Jibe At Former Party Leader

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Robert Jenrick mocked former prime minister Liz Truss with a brutal jibe at the Tory Party conference.

In his keynote speech at the Tory conference in Manchester, Jenrick joked about her ongoing unpopularity with voters.

Truss lasted just 49 days in Downing Street after her mini-Budget crashed the economy and sent mortgage rates soaring.

Jenrick drew a comparison between his party’s former leader and two Tories who were quickly booted out of the Big Brother house.

He said: ”[Former Conservative MP] Sir Michael Fabricant went on the Big Brother house. He lasted four days.

“Last week, one of our party’s most energetic campaigners, Emily Hewertson, entered the Big Brother house. She lasted 11 hours. She didn’t even get to spend the night.

“And now I’ve heard that a third Tory blonde is in negotiations to enter the Big Brother house – Liz Truss. But the negotiations have broken down. She’s asking to be paid by the minute.”

As the audience laughed at their former leader’s expense, Jenrick said: “Too soon, perhaps. Too soon.”

His jibe came after he told the conference earlier this week that the mini-Budget had been “cack-handed and un-conservative”.

“There were big mistakes from that period,” Jenrick said. “We have to be honest about that, and in doing so, we can begin to rebuild the public’s trust.”

Truss hit back on X: “Rob is a self-styled critic of the Blairite establishment but has completely failed to take on their false narrative about 2022 or mention the role of the Bank of England.

“Until the Conservative Party is honest about what happened in 2022, they are destined to remain at 16 per cent in the polls.”

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Liz Truss Says Far-Right Activist Tommy Robinson Has Been ‘Unfairly Demonised’

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Liz Truss has claimed that far-right leader and anti-Islam activist Tommy Robinson has been “unfairly demonised”.

The former Conservative prime minister has been drifting further to the right ever since she was kicked out of Downing Street in 2022 – after just 49 days in office – for crashing the economy with her disastrous mini-Budget.

Truss, who also lost her seat in parliament in last July’s general election, has made her support for US president Donald Trump and his controversial former adviser Elon Musk clear since.

She was also accused of starting the “far-right bandwagon” over grooming gangs by Labour minister Jess Phillips.

Now she is speaking up in support of Robinson, who recently led a march of 150,000 people through London claiming to be in favour of free speech when the Metropolitan Police said 26 officers were injured.

Discussing Robinson’s past focus on the grooming gangs scandal, Truss said: “I think it is correct that Tommy Robinson drew attention to a problem and a heinous issue that has been brushed under the carpet by many people.”

Asked by Newsweek if thought Robinson had been “unfairly demonised”, she said: “Yes, I do.”

It comes after Truss already attracted criticism in 2024 for refusing to speak up when she chose not to speak up as former Trump adviser Steve Bannon called Robinson a “hero” while they were both on a podcast.

Former Tory foreign secretary Sajid Javid said at the time that “Liz should really know better”.

When asked by Newsweek if she might try to return to Westminster, she did not completely rule it out.

Truss said: “I’m getting my ideas and thoughts out there, because the problem with being a government minister for so long is you’re very constrained in what you can say.

“You’re very constrained in what you can do and think about and who you can talk to.

“And I think the problems are so big in Britain that we do need a revolution, and I want to work to achieve that.”

Truss is still currently part of the Conservative Party, despite previously clashing with Tory leader Kemi Badenoch, but this interview sparked calls for her to be removed as a member.

As former No.10 chief of staff Gavin Barwell wrote on X: “Rishi Sunak should have thrown Truss out of the Conservative Party when he became leader; Kemi Badenoch should definitely do so now.”

The Liberal Democrats’ deputy leader Daisy Cooper also said: “This should be the end of the road for Liz Truss in the Conservative Party.

“Kemi Badenoch needs to disavow this defence of a far-right racist and kick Truss out of her party for good.”

The Conservative Party has been approached for comment.

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Starmer’s Start As Prime Minister ‘Even Worse Than Liz Truss’, Claims Expert

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Keir Starmer has made an even worse start to life as prime minister than Liz Truss, an expert has claimed.

Political historian Anthony Seldon, who has written biographies of numerous PMs including Tony Blair, David Cameron and Boris Johnson, said at least the former Tory leader “had a clear plan” for government.

Truss was ousted from No.10 after just 49 days following a revolt by Conservative MPs in the wake of her disastrous mini-Budget.

But Seldon said that Starmer, who marks a year in office on July 5, has been worse.

He told Sky News: “I think it is absolutely right that not in a hundred years has anyone made such an inept start coming in to the office of prime minister with so little idea of what he’s doing, why he’s doing, what story he’s telling, what he’s communicating and the people he needs around him, both inside Downing Street and in the other key positions.”

But presenter Phillips told him: “When you say ‘not in a hundred years’, I can hear people shouting at the telly ‘Liz Truss’.”

Seldon replied: “At least Liz Truss had a clear plan and it’s the wring plan, and it’s the plan that Starmer needs to have – nothing matters more than growth and optimism.

“Liz Truss had growth as her core objective and she had optimism, she just went about it in totally the wrong way. You can learn good and bad things from Liz Truss.”

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Keir Starmer Warns Nigel Farage’s ‘Mad Experiment’ Would Ruin Economy Like Liz Truss

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Keir Starmer will warn that Nigel Farage’s “fantasy” economics would be just as damaging for the country as Liz Truss’s mini-Budget.

The prime minister is set to hit out at the Reform UK leader in a speech on Thursday, two days after Farage targeted traditional Labour voters.

He described the PM as “unpatriotic” and “out of touch”, while also promising to scrap two of Starmer’s most unpopular policies: the two-child benefit cap and the restrictions on winter fuel payments for pensioners.

Farage also pledged to make sure that no one earning less than £20,000 will have to pay any income tax, a policy that the Institute for Fiscal Studies said could cost up to £80 billion.

According to the latest YouGov poll, support for Reform UK is at 29%, eight points ahead of Labour and 10 in front of the Conservatives.

Delivering a speech at a manufacturing business in the North West, Starmer will say: “In opposition we said Liz Truss would crash the economy and leave you to pick the bill. We were right, and we were elected to fix that mess.

“Now in government, we are once again fighting the same fantasy – this time from Nigel Farage.

“Farage is making the exact same bet Liz Truss did – that you can spend tens of billions on tax cuts without a proper way of paying for it.

“And just like Truss, he is using your family finances, your mortgage, your bills as a gambling chip on his mad experiment. The result will be the same.

“Liz Truss bet the house and lost – £45 billion in unfunded tax cuts, with no means to pay for them.

“Markets reacted, the economy tanked and we’re all still paying the price for mortgages, rents and bills that spiralled out of control.”

Challenged by reporters on how he would pay for his policies, Farage said: “You can argue about numbers adding up. You can probably argue that at no point in the history of any form of government has anybody ever thought their numbers added up.”

He added: “We take a fresh approach to everything. I think what I’ve done today is to give you an idea of the direction of policy, of priorities, of what we think is important, what we think it is going to cost and how we think we’re going to pay for it.

“I don’t think anybody at this stage, with a general election some years away, could frankly do more than that. And I believe what I have presented today is credible.”

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Farage Mocked After Reform Leave Liz Truss Off List Of Tory Leaders Who ‘Broke Britain’ – Exclusive

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Nigel Farage has been mocked after Reform UK left Liz Truss off a list of Tory leaders who “broke Britain”.

The former prime minister, who only last 49 days in office, was conspicuous by her absence from a Reform election leaflet seen by HuffPost UK.

The pamphlet shows pictures of former Conservative PMs Theresa May, Rishi Sunak, Boris Johnson and David Cameron, as well as current leader Kemi Badenoch.

Underneath it says: “In 14 years, the Conservatives broke Britain. Their record in government must not be forgotten.”

The Reform UK leaflet with no mention of Truss.

The Reform UK leaflet with no mention of Truss.

But Truss’s omission from the line-up has raised eyebrows, especially since Farage famously praised the disastrous mini-Budget in 2022 which crashed the economy and ended her premiership.

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Today was the best Conservative budget since 1986.

— Nigel Farage MP (@Nigel_Farage) September 23, 2022

Farage was also roasted by Keir Starmer last month amid reports that Truss was advising Reform UK.

Meanwhile, a Reform UK “manifesto” published by Farage in the Daily Mail last Saturday also drew unfavourable comparisons with Truss’s time in office.

Mike Tapp, the Labour MP for Dover and Deal said: “It beggars belief that Nigel Farage is letting Liz Truss off scot-free on his leaflets.

“As he parades his new Truss-style unfunded ‘manifesto’, it appears he’s forgotten her disastrous mini-Budget crashed the economy and sent people’s mortgages soaring.

“Perhaps Nigel Farage thinks her time in office was a success. He’s copying her approach to economic vandalism, and backing her record. That’s a kick in the teeth for people still paying the price for her reckless time in office.

“The toxic Truss-Farage partnership would need nothing short of a disaster for Britain.”

Reform UK has been contacted for comment.

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