Truss could run for Tory Party leadership

LIZ Truss has refused to rule out running for leader of the Conservative Party again.

The former prime minister, whose new book Ten Years To Save The West is out shortly claimed she had “unfinished business” at the top of politics.

Her tenure in Downing Street lasted just 49 days after the miniBudget, which included unfunded tax cutting measures, triggered mass market turmoil.

Asked by LBC if she would want to return to frontline politics in the event the Conservatives lose the coming general election, Ms Truss, inset, said: “I definitely have unfinished business. Definitely. And I think the Conservative Party has unfinished business.

“I think, if we’re honest with ourselves, we haven’t done enough to reverse the Blair legacy.”

Ms Truss insisted she had not written her book “to run a leadership campaign”, but wanted to build support for her political ideas.

But pressed if she would rule out standing for the Tory leadership in future, she said: “Well, it’s never wise to rule anything out in politics, is it?”

Elsewhere, Ms Truss signalled she was supportive of Donald Trump returning to the White House, suggesting it “has to be” him in November’s US presidential election.

“I don’t think (President Joe) Biden has been particularly supportive to the United Kingdom. I think he’s often on the side of the EU. And I certainly think I would like to see a new president in the White House,” she said. Asked if she meant Mr Trump, she added: “It has to be.”

Ms Truss also claimed the former president’s economic policies “were actually very effective”, adding: “This is why the US has had significantly higher economic growth than Britain. In foreign affairs, he was more effective at preventing aggressive regimes expanding and I think we’d be in a different position if he got re-elected in 2020.”