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Mary Elizabeth Truss is a British politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from September to October 2022. On her fiftieth day in office, she stepped down amid a government crisis, making her the shortest-serving prime minister in British history. The member of Parliament (MP) for South West Norfolk from 2010 to 2024, Truss held various Cabinet p…
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It’s a bloodbath in prisons at this minute in time. Staff are absolutely on their knees, lost all morale, all motivation. Prisoners are scared. They want prison officers to be in charge, and the prison officers feel incapable to do that. “Low staffing numbers, people leaving the job in droves, it’s a real bad mix, and it’s dangerous for everyone, staff and prisoners alike.
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“s Today programme on Tuesday morning. By raising care ratios, Truss said, popular operations would be able to expand by economies of scale, which would make childcare more widely available. Reforms, she said, would also mean better paid and better qualified staff.”
“It’s a bloodbath in prisons at this minute in time. Staff are absolutely on their knees, lost all morale, all motivation. Prisoners are scared. They want prison officers to be in charge, and the prison officers feel incapable to do that. “Low staffing numbers, people leaving the job in droves, it’s a real bad mix, and it’s dangerous for everyone, staff and prisoners alike.”
“arbitrary reductions in the prison population”
“Cutting staff and prison budgets while allowing the number of people behind bars to grow unchecked has created a toxic mix of violence, death and human misery … Today’s figures show that we cannot wait for legislation – bold and radical action is needed now to stop the death toll rising further.”
“t approve of while he was prime minister, including attacking my record. From a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, as cited in Rebecca McCurdy”
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“when it comes to things like this, I take a more libertarian approach ... I don”
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Mshale: Loose Women's Charlene White Inundated With Messages Over Liz Truss Mattia Bellucci (W8nI0zQe7c)
The London Economic: Count Binface got a higher vote share in Clacton than Liz Truss at the general election
The Times: Hiring for full-time jobs stabilises for first time since Liz Truss
GB News: Liz Truss speaks to GB News amid Nigel Farage probe: 'This country is on autopilot to destruction!'
PressReader: Why Liz Truss’s attempts to reinvent herself as a global champion of free speech are a sick joke
The Guardian: Can Japan avoid a Liz Truss-style shock as its PM embarks on a giant spending spree?
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The Guardian: Liz Truss assembles host of rightwing speakers for UK’s first CPAC event in London
The Guardian: Liz Truss wheels out a series of C-list ghouls for drab London CPAC event | John Crace
The Guardian: Here’s how Andy Burnham can finance a reindustrialised Britain – without doing a Liz Truss | Larry Elliott
Published video “The Establishment is now Left Wing”.
Published video “Steven Barrett: How Blair Broke Britain’s Legal System”.
Published video “The police are not above the law”.
Published video “Why Andy Burnham won't change the system”.
Published video “Are the police scared to do their job?”.
Published video “Is It Still Okay to Stand Up for British Values?”.
Published video “Lucy Connolly on Two Tier Justice and the 'Infiltrated' Police Force”.
Published video “Jailed for a Tweet | Britain’s Free Speech Crisis | The Liz Truss Show with Lucy Connolly”.
Published video “Why Keir Starmer is worse than Tony Blair”.
Published video “Is it Time for the Right to Start Causing Trouble?”.
Public attention spiked: 73,630 Wikipedia readers in one day, 25.4× the usual 2,903, with 15 article edits. Editors noted: Just as a specific date isn't used in the image caption
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The Guardian: Nigel Farage to headline Liz Truss’s UK CPAC event after apparent snub
The Guardian: Sajid Javid says backing Liz Truss to lead Tories was his ‘biggest political mistake’
The Guardian: ‘There’s a risk of another Liz Truss moment’: City raises spectre of bond market meltdown again
Full Fact rated the claim “Liz Truss claimed an underground transgender mafia was responsible for the theft of a large shipment of KitKats in March.” This post appears to have originally been shared as satire. There’s no evidence she ever said this..
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The Guardian: Nigel Farage to snub US conservative conference brought to UK by Liz Truss
Lead Stories rated the claim “Liz Truss suggests “underground transgender mafia” may be responsible for Italian chocolate heist.” Parody Origin.
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The Guardian: Nothing says the ‘special relationship’ is over like this picture of Donald Trump and Liz Truss | Zoe Williams
The Guardian: ‘Right about everything’: Liz Truss tweets photo of meeting with Trump
Full Fact rated the claim “Liz Truss receives a £125k per year ex PM pension for life.” False. Former prime ministers don’t receive their own special pensions, but are part of the ministerial scheme that provides a pension on retirement. They’re entitled to claim up to £115,000 a year though the Public Duty Cost Allowance, but this is for expenses associated with continuing public duties and is not a pension..
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PA Media rated the claim “Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is planning a £46 billion “unfunded” tax cut, comparable with the £45 billion of “unfunded” tax cuts which Liz Truss’s government announced” Evaluation: Missing context. Rishi Sunak’s Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has indicated that the Conservative Party wants to abolish the part of national insurance that workers pay, but has been clear that it is a long-term ambition. Mr Sunak and Mr Hunt have not made a firm policy pledge, nor have they identified how it would be paid for. Labour has yet to receive an answer after asking the Government several times to explain how it might fund an abolition of national insurance payments for workers..
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Full Fact rated the claim “Nicola Sturgeon has been urged to apologise after leaked WhatsApp messages describing Matt Hancock as “weaker than a nuns p*ss,” Liz Truss as “about as much use as a marzipan dildo,” and referring to Suella Braverman as “Sh*tler.”” These aren’t real messages sent by Nicola Sturgeon—they were posted by an X account which clearly describes itself as “satire”..
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Full Fact rated the claim “Liz Truss has decided to take her £125,000 a year pension for ex-prime ministers for life.” Former prime ministers do not receive their own special pensions, but are part of the ministerial scheme that provides a pension on retirement. They are entitled to claim up to £115,000 a year when they leave office, but this is for expenses associated with continuing public duties..
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Former UK prime minister Liz Truss mocked Indians.” False.
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fact checker rated the claim “UK PM Liz Truss says 'India listens to uneducated leaders, babas'” False.
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India Today rated the claim “The former prime minister of the UK Liz Truss mocked Indians for carefully listening to the speeches of illiterate leaders and religious preachers.” Mostly false.
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Full Fact rated the claim “£30 billion was wiped off the economy under Liz Truss’s government.” The estimates this figure is based on related to the cost to the Treasury, not the UK economy. The impact on the economy is much harder to estimate..
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BOOM Fact Check rated the claim “Video shows live stream of Rishi Sunak announcing his plans for UK economy following Liz Truss' resignation as PM.” Misleading.
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Full Fact rated the claim “A letter sent by Prime Minister Liz Truss to Kwasi Kwarteng is actually signed by Kwarteng himself.” Mr Kwarteng’s name does appear below Ms Truss’s signature, but this appears to be the convention for such letters..
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Career landmark: Leader of the Conservative Party (2022–2022).
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2022–2022).
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Career landmark: First Lord of the Treasury (2022–2022).
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Career landmark: Minister for the Civil Service (2022–2022).
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Career landmark: Minister for the Union (2022–2022).
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That Truss "said [in 1998] she was hoping to stand for Parliament
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Truss stated that the authors had each written a different chapter of the book; Raab had written the chapter which contained that claim
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A video of a 19-year-old Truss at the 1994 Liberal Democrat Conference criticising the notion of people being "born to rule" resurfaced; in an interview with LBC during her leadership campaign, Truss stated that "almost
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Called Saudi Arabia a British ally but said she was not "condoning" the country's policies, including its handling of human rights and its treatment of women
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“reject the zero-sum game of identity politics, [reject] the illiberalism of cancel culture, and [reject] the soft bigotry of low expectations that holds so many people back”
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Career landmark: Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (2021–2022).
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Truss stated that the Conservatives should "reject the zero-sum game of identity politics, [reject] the illiberalism of cancel culture, and [reject] the soft bigotry of low expectations that holds so many people back"
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“almost as soon as I made the speech, I regretted it”
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Published video “Liz Truss on Freeports”.
Published video “Liz Truss' first week as Trade Secretary”.
Published video “Liz Truss on her priorities as Secretary of State for International Trade”.
Published video “Liz Truss on Question Time 27/06/2019”.
Published video “Liz Truss on Newsnight talking tax”.
Published video “Liz Truss at the Economic Research Council”.
Published video “Liz Truss on Housing”.
Published video “Liz Truss on BBC Newsnight 29/04/2019”.
Published video “Liz Truss on Politics Live 24/04/2019”.
Published video “Liz Truss on Enterprise”.
Career landmark: member of the 58th Parliament of the United Kingdom (2019–2024).
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Career landmark: Minister for Women and Equalities (2019–2022).
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Career landmark: Secretary of State for International Trade (2019–2021).
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Career landmark: President of the Board of Trade (2019–2021).
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Career landmark: member of the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom (2017–2019).
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Career landmark: Chief Secretary to the Treasury (2017–2019).
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His successor, Theresa May, appointed her Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor, making Truss the first woman to serve as Lord Chancellor in the office's thousand-year history; in the aftermath of the 2017 g
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Career landmark: Secretary of State for Justice (2016–2017).
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Career landmark: Lord Chancellor (2016–2017).
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Career landmark: member of the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom (2015–2017).
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Career landmark: Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom (2014).
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Career landmark: Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (2014–2016).
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That students should have to sit GCSEs for "5 traditional academic subjects"
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Career landmark: member of the 55th Parliament of the United Kingdom (2010–2015).
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Truss embarked on an 18-month extramarital affair with the Conservative MP Mark Field, which ended shortly after the following year's election
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Called her "largely invisible during the campaign"
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Was employed by Cable & Wireless and rose to the position of economic director before leaving in 2005; one of her colleagues there, the Labour peer George Robertson, said that Truss "had a passion for politics
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And with whom she has two daughters: Frances (born 2006) and Liberty (born 2008)
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Moved south to Leeds, where Truss attended Roundhay School; she later said in 2022 that at the school she "saw kids
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Truss and her parents moved to Warsaw in Poland, but returned to Britain after John and Priscilla found it "quite grim"
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Born 1975-07-26.
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Cutting staff and prison budgets while allowing the number of people behind bars to grow unchecked has created a toxic mix of violence, death and human misery … Today’s figures show that we cannot wait for legislation – bold and radical action is needed now to stop the death toll rising further.
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