Sunak will always listen to former PMs, says No10 after Truss intervention Liz Truss defended her attempts to revive growth in her first detailed comments since she was forced out of No 10. The Independent UK · Feb 6, 2023
The Standard View: The only alternative to NHS negotiations is more disruption and cancelled operations Nurses and ambulance staff are walking out today in what the NHS is calling the largest round of industrial action in its history. And the impact on patient care is unavoidable. Evening Standard · Feb 6, 2023
'Just a tad' of attention seeking in Liz Truss's political comeback, says Sturgeon NICOLA Sturgeon said there was “just a tad” of attention-seeking in Liz Truss’s return to the political arena. The National (Scotland) · Feb 6, 2023
The ‘leftwing economic establishment’ did not bring Liz Truss down. Reality did The former PM’s confidence in her ‘small state’ formula remains undented. And her flailing party is all-too ready to share in the delusion, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee The Guardian - UK · Feb 6, 2023
If the Tories listen to the siren voice of 49-day Liz Truss they will be sunk When a party falls to pieces, look out for the phase in which it starts to blame the world for its own flaws. In a 4,000-word essay in The Daily Telegraph that would have been funnier but no less absurd if it had been written by Lewis Carroll, the 49-day… Evening Standard · Feb 6, 2023
Matt Hancock baffles followers by ironing a shirt on TikTok ‘The shirts have been a bit creased, so here goes’ Matt said Evening Standard · Feb 6, 2023
Former Welsh secretary confirms ‘disagreement’ with Dominic Raab Ally of Robert Buckland says Raab used ‘heavy-handed tactics’ in discussions over British bill of rights The Guardian - UK · Feb 6, 2023
What the papers say – February 6 Liz Truss is condemned as ‘delusional’ on the front pages as she defends the policies that made the pound plummet. The Independent UK · Feb 6, 2023
Monday briefing: Unpacking the allegations against the justice secretary In today’s newsletter: Complaints about Raab just keep coming – but he strongly denies them. Can he survive? The Guardian - UK · Feb 6, 2023
Liz Truss' comeback bid shows not apologising is a typical Tory trait After nearly crashing the UK economy, Liz Truss should retreat into silence, writes Record View. Daily Record · Feb 6, 2023
Shameless Liz Truss blames Tories for not being right-wing enough after economic failure Truss, who has now been an ex-PM over twice as long as the 49 days she was in the top job, moaned about her party’s failure to back her catastrophic mini-Budget plans for £47billion of unfunded tax cuts. Daily Mirror · Feb 5, 2023
Voice of the Mirror: Organ donor's family speak for us all over NHS pay deadlock Paul and Emma know from their son’s heart transplant experience that dedicated nurses and other staff go the extra mile for patients and deserve better treatment from the Tories Daily Mirror · Feb 5, 2023
'Warring hat-trick of Tory calamities are a tragedy for the British people' Kevin Macguire looks at how Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak being at loggerheads is bad news for all of us as Truss tries to blame everyone but herself Daily Mirror · Feb 5, 2023
Liz Truss’s claim she was not warned about mini-budget risks ‘misleading’ Senior economists and ex-chancellor George Osborne round on former PM after she says Treasury officials raised no concerns The Guardian - UK · Feb 5, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Feb 5, 2023 Liz Truss seems keen to make comeback, but is anyone else on board? Former PM not trying to keep a low profile, but former allies have their own ambitions and few would risk a return
The Independent UK · Feb 5, 2023 Liz Truss comeback defence is damaging ‘nonsense’, says top David Cameron aide Exclusive: Truss is second former PM ‘trying to grab the wheel from Rishi Sunak’, says Sir Craig Oliver
The Guardian - UK · Feb 5, 2023 Nottingham Forest 1-0 Leeds: Premier League – as it happened Brennan Johnson’s sweet first-half strike nabbed three points for Forest in a relegation six-pointer that Leeds largely dominated
The Guardian - UK · Feb 5, 2023 Britain was sick before Brexit. Until the left accepts that, the likes of Liz Truss won’t give up Brexit was the wrong answer to a perfectly valid question. In order to win now, Keir Starmer must steer clear of the status quo, says Guardian columnist
The Independent UK · Feb 5, 2023 Truss points the finger of blame for failed economic growth plan No 10 will be watching to see if her intervention leads to new demands from Tory MPs for tax cuts.
Manchester Evening News · Feb 5, 2023 Greater Manchester MP hits back as Liz Truss claims she wasn't given 'realistic chance' as PM "Will there ever be a Conservative willing to take responsibility for their own actions?"
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The Independent UK · Feb 5, 2023 It wasn’t me: Ex-UK PM Truss blames 'system' for her failure Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss says her failure wasn’t her fault
Daily Mirror · Feb 5, 2023 Liz Truss’ ‘deranged’ comeback - all the best comments and reaction to bonkers essay Liz Truss' bonkers 4,000-word comeback essay has prompted quite a lot of reaction this sunny, Sunday morning. Here's some of the best comments and funniest responses to her comeback bid
Daily Mirror · Feb 5, 2023 Liz Truss' own Home Secretary says her plan 'clearly' wasn't right and ignored 'reality' In a 4,000 word screed, Liz Truss blamed everyone from the "economic establishment" to Joe Biden for getting in the way of her bonkers plan for unfunded tax cuts - but even her own ministers say her plan was to blame
The Independent UK · Feb 5, 2023 Truss was right to argue for tax cuts, says ex-Tory chairman The former prime minister has defended her policies as Rishi Sunak faces demands from some Conservative MPs to reduce the tax burden.