Liz Truss has “no desire” to be drawn into attacks on Boris Johnson and plans to steer clear of “personality politics” as she forges a post-premiership career, sources close to the former prime minister told theipaper poppyeh reports
could make further interventions to coincide with a formal trip to China by James Cleverly
, the Foreign Secretary, in a bid to secure her position as the figurehead for Chinahawks among the Conservative party. Liz Truss met with Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen at the Presidential Office in Taipei during a visit to the country last month in an attempt to get ahead of the Privileges Committee report means Ms Truss will outlast her predecessor on the Tory backbenches.
Although details of Mr Johnson’s post-Westminster career are still to be determined, it means Ms Truss will technically wield greater power than Mr Johnson in pressurising Rishi Sunak on policy issues in the run-up to the general election. However, Mr Johnson’s loud exit from Parliament has energised allies and sparked speculation that he could make a political comeback to undermine Mr Sunak’s premiership.deliberately misled the House of CommonsIn an unprecedented move, the cross-party group said the former prime minister “closed his mind to the truth” and would have faced a 90-day suspension from the Commons had he not quit in rage over its conclusions last week.
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