Truss: Britain Is Full of Secret Conservatives

Liz Truss has just finished speaking at the launch of “Popular Conservatism”, at which speakers including Jacob Rees-Mogg and Lee Anderson railed against the smoking ban, quangos, “Green weirdos“, pandemic lockdowns, and the Supreme Court. Truss’ argument is that Tories aren’t prepared to argue for individual freedom-oriented policies that are actually popular on the doorstep but receive pushback from “elite” institutions and sentiment in London. […] Read the rest