Former PM Liz Truss claims that 10 Downing Street is ‘infested with fleas’- which she believes come from predecessor Boris Johnson’s canine.
In her upcoming memoir, parts of which have been at present serialised within the Mail, the previous prime minister wrote: ‘The place was infested with fleas. The entire place had to be sprayed with flea killer. I spent several weeks itching.’
According to Truss, Boris Johnson’s canine Dilyn was regarded as the supply of the infestation, however she admitted there was ‘no conclusive evidence’ to show this was the case.
Truss says she ordered new furnishings to the residence, however was ‘evicted’ earlier than it could possibly be delivered- a curious alternative of phrases, given neither she nor her household had any declare to the property after her ousting in October 2022.
In her upcoming memoir, which hits cabinets within the UK and US subsequent week, Truss reportedly additionally takes a swipe on the British monetary institution for not backing her finances proposals.
These included greater than £45 billion of unfunded tax cuts for the UK’s wealthiest earners, one thing described on the time by one senior Conservative MP as a type of ‘libertarian jihad’ on the financial system.
The former prime minister is reported to have hit again in her e-book by describing the Treasury, the Bank of England and the Office for Budget Responsibility as a ‘three-headed hydra’.
She additionally, inexplicably, accuses the three establishments of being hellbent on pursuing a ‘pro-China’ coverage.
Though Truss’s rhetoric within the e-book might seem considerably excessive, it maybe speaks to among the firm she has stored since leaving workplace.
The ex-PM has publicly courted far-right world figures in recent months, notably whereas attending the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Maryland earlier in February.
Fellow company on the occasion included a US senator who as soon as refused to concede that white nationalists are by their very nature racist, in addition to a consultant of an ultra-conservative Japanese cult whose followers regard their chief as a supreme being from the planet Venus.
At the convention, Truss was seen to seem on a broadcast with Steven Bannon, founding father of far-right media outlet Breitbart and a former strategist for disgraced ex-president Donald Trump.
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During the published, she claimed to have been compelled to resign from her submit due to a plot by the ‘deep state’.
She added: ‘People are joining the civil service who are essentially activists. They might be trans activists, they might be environmental extremists, but they are now having a voice within the civil service in a way I don’t suppose was true 30 or 40 years in the past.’
Calls have since been made by UK opposition figures for Rishi Sunak to withdraw the Conservative Party whip from Truss.
Jonathan Ashworth, a shadow Cabinet Office minister, mentioned: ‘It is anyone’s guess what Liz Truss thinks she is as much as, however we now know that she is spending her time hanging out with a weird cast-list of far-right characters [and] spreading conspiracy theories.
‘By allowing her to bring these divisive, deluded and dangerous views into mainstream British politics, the Tory party is poisoning public discourse.’
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