Liz Truss

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Liz Truss is 'plotting a comeback' (Left Foot Forward)

Former Prime Minister Liz Truss, who caused economic turmoil with her disastrous mini-budget and was booted out of office after just 45 days, making her the ...

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Liz Truss comeback rumours intensify with return of WhatsApp group (The National)

WHISPERS of a Liz Truss comeback appear to be getting louder after several MPs have reportedly begun to join a WhatsApp group once used to bolster…

Hern told Politico Truss envisaged the Tory equivalent as being a vehicle to “house all of their ideas into a collective group, in order to hold the current prime minister accountable” and said she was considering naming it the He is the chair of the Republican Study Committee, a large group of lawmakers seen as the “ideological anchor” of the Republican party. Truss went on a trip to Washington before the winter holidays and met with Republican lawmakers and activists to crib notes on how she might push the Government to come back around to her way of thinking. The Spectator’s political editor Katy Balls also said in a column neither Truss or Boris Johnson believe their careers are over and both are likely to be “a thorn in Rishi Sunak’s side” ahead of the next election. A source familiar with the WhatsApp group told the broadcaster there is “a lot going on behind the scenes” among the clan known as the Conservative Growth Group (CGG) – a pack of Tory MPs who still believe in the Truss vision. [Holyrood votes to back Scottish Government budget](https://www.thenational.scot/news/23295932.holyrood-votes-back-scottish-government-budget/)

Exclusive: Liz Truss Will Make Her Big Political Comeback On Sunday (HuffPost UK)

The former PM is preparing to give her thoughts on where Rishi Sunak is going wrong.

[her resignation speech](https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/liz-truss-urges-rishi-sunak-to-be-bold-and-cut-taxes-in-resignation-speech_uk_635790afe4b03e8038e2929d) on the steps of Number 10. [Sky News reported](https://news.sky.com/story/low-tax-tories-reignite-liz-truss-whatsapp-group-12801586), adding Truss is “on manoeuvres with fellow like-minded MPs”. [ousted as PM](https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/liz-truss-resigns-as-prime-minister_uk_63512fa4e4b03e8038dbf593) in October after just 49 days in the job. [Rishi Sunak](https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/rishi-sunak/) is going wrong. [the economic chaos ](https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/kwasi-kwarteng-mini-budget-did-cause-economic-chaos_uk_633ecba1e4b02816453213c7)caused by that same policy during her brief time in charge. The Conservative Growth Group of MPs “appears determined to turn up the pressure on the current prime minister”,

Liz Truss is rumoured to be 'plotting a comeback' and people are ... (The indy100)

The former prime minister Liz Truss is expected to make media appearances in the coming days to drum up support for her failed economic policies, ...

What is even the point of trying to parody these people anymore? \u201cBREAKING: Liz Truss is understood to be building momentum behind the scenes for a Tory leadership bid. [Sign up](https://www.independent.co.uk/newsletters?itm_channel=native&itm_campaign=footer&itm_audience=prospecting&itm_content=newsletters) to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter

Rishi Sunak facing secret Tory plot as backbenchers join WhatsApp ... (GB News)

A faction of Tory MPs have reignited a WhatsApp group once used to support Liz Truss' leadership bid, according to sources. The ex-prime minister is said to ...

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Piers Morgan calls for return of Daily Star lettuce after Truss ... (Daily Star)

As Liz Truss reportedly mounts a political comeback, broadcaster Piers Morgan has called for the return of Daily Star's own lettuce, the leafy hero that ...

I suspect the only people shouting 'come back' will be wearing white coats." [Daily Star's lettuce breaks silence with message for Truss after her resignation](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/daily-stars-lettuce-breaks-silence-28291123) [Woman stole £500 worth of sex toys and condoms from Boots with goods 'not recovered'](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/woman-stole-500-worth-sex-29118323) [Chinese military 'ordered to invade Taiwan' as WW3 fears grow, CIA claims](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/chinese-military-ordered-invade-taiwan-29127683) [Care home resident 'gasping for air' after being zipped up in body bag for cremation](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/us-news/care-home-resident-gasping-air-29120034) ['Our drunken and drugged-up noise-fest street is unfit for human life', moans resident](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/our-drunken-drugged-up-noise-29120330) A statement from the lettuce at the time of its victory read: "I came into office at a time of great e-kale-nomic instability but after an unbe-leaf-able campaign, I am thrilled to have been crowned victorious in these chard times. Piers appeared hopeful of a return for the Daily Star lettuce, especially now that a close ally to Truss has revealed the ex-PM is "ready to speak about her time in office". [Piers Morgan](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/latest/piers-morgan) has called for the return of the [Daily Star lettuce](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/latest/daily-star-lettuce) after hearing news [ex-Prime Minister Liz Truss](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/latest/liz-truss) is could make a "big political comeback". Truss' return to frontline politics may be a bit hard to swallow after the ex-PM was outdone by a Mr Potato Head-looking lettuce on a livestream. He said: "Sunak and Hunt got things back on a rational track, but what’s really hard to measure is what it’s done for confidence in investing in the UK, combined with the uncertainty around corporation tax." [Tesco lettuce](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/latest/tesco) with googly eyes, has left a sour taste in the mouth of Piers and the public, who reacted to the news about as well as could be expected. Others have re-joined a WhatsApp chat last used during her leadership campaign, but a high-ranking party source has laughed off claims that the shortest-serving PM, who was outlasted by a livestreamed lettuce, could make a return to the frontbenches. One user appeared to agree with Morgan, noting that "you would get more sense out of the lettuce" than that of the former Prime Minister. The planned return of ex-PM Truss prompted Piers to tweet: "I'd rather hear from the lettuce." A worrying update about the former prime minister, who lasted just 49 days in the top spot, suggests Truss is ready to return to frontline politics this Sunday when she could critique her successor Rishi Sunak's performance in the job.