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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Dave Burke

Tory war of words erupts as Liz Truss snaps back at 'Instagram diplomacy' jibe

A war-of-words has broken out after a top Tory accused Liz Truss of "the worst kind of Instagram diplomacy".

The flash-in-a-pan Prime Minister - who served just 49 days in No10 - has outraged her Conservative colleagues with plans to speak in hotspot Taiwan next week.

Tory MP Alicia Kearns, who heads the foreign affairs select committee, has said it's nothing but a vanity trip and said Ms Truss was trying to "keep herself relevant".

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