Liz Truss, UK prime minister for 49 days, refuses to rule out fresh leadership bid
- Liz Truss, the shortest-serving prime minister in Britain’s history, says she has ‘unfinished business’
- Truss was ousted in 2022 and replaced by Rishi Sunak after losing the support of the Conservative Party
Liz Truss, prime minister for just 49 days before being ousted over her disastrous tax-cutting mini-budget, refused to rule out putting herself forward again to lead Britain’s Conservative Party.
Truss’ economic agenda spooked the markets and took the UK to the brink of financial meltdown, losing her the support of her own party in October 2022.
Ahead of the publication of her book, Ten Years to Save The West, she said she believed a return to frontline politics could still be a possibility.
“I definitely have unfinished business. Definitely. And I think the Conservative Party has unfinished business,” she told LBC Radio on Monday.
“I think, if we’re honest with ourselves, we haven’t done enough to reverse the Blair legacy,” she added, referring to ex-prime minister Tony Blair who came to power in 1997 in a landslide victory for the main opposition Labour Party.
Pressed on whether she would rule out standing again in future to lead the Conservative Party, the 48-year-old said: “Well, it’s never wise to rule anything out in politics, is it?”
