Tag: Truss

Labour landslide, Truss and Rees-Mogg among Tory casualties

Sir Keir Starmer will be the UK’s next prime minister after Rishi Sunak admitted defeat in the face of a Labour landslide. Several high-profile Conservatives lost their seats, including former UK prime minister Liz Truss, prominent Brexiteer Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg and former defence secretary Grant Shapps. Sunak said voters had delivered a “sobering verdict” on […]

Former UK Prime Minister Liz Truss loses her seat at election

Former British prime minister Liz Truss, who became the country’s shortest-serving leader ever when she sparked a bond market meltdown and a collapse in sterling, lost her parliamentary seat in the election on Friday. Truss secured 11,217 votes in her South West Norfolk constituency in eastern England, behind 11,847 votes for Labour candidate Terry Jermy. Taking over […]

Emmanuel Macron has done more damage than Liz Truss ever did

The director of the Bruegel think tank in Brussels once asked what would happen if a eurozone state ever attempted a variant of Trussonomics, without the protection of its own sovereign central bank and policy instruments. We may find out as soon as the first round of voting in the French elections this Sunday. Jeromin […]

I don’t want to be British prime minister again, Liz Truss insists

Liz Truss has insisted she does not want to “reinstate” herself as British prime minister, a week after saying she had “unfinished business” with the Conservative Party. The UK’s shortest-serving prime minister had previously declined to rule out standing to be Tory leader, saying it was “never wise to rule anything out in politics”. But […]

Liz Truss bid to reform transgender law runs out of time after MPs’ filibuster

Liz Truss’ attempt to ban transgender women from female-only spaces will not be debated after MPs “talked out” her proposal. The Commons was due to debate the former UK prime minister’s proposed legislation on Friday, which would also have barred transgender women from participating in women’s sports and stopped children attempting to change their sex. […]

Labour demands Truss and Anderson lose whip as pair rebuked by senior Tory

Labour has called for Liz Truss and Lee Anderson to lose the Conservative whip over media appearances that also caused anger within Tory ranks. In a letter to UK prime minister Rishi Sunak on Friday, shadow paymaster general Jonathan Ashworth said “egregious” remarks made by the pair “cannot go unchecked or unchallenged”. Ms Truss had […]