Liz Truss re-selected as general election candidate by Tories
The former prime minister will fight a fifth campaign as candidate for South West Norfolk
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Your support makes all the difference.Liz Truss has been formally re-selected by the South West Norfolk Conservative Association as their candidate for the next general election.
After a meeting of party members in Swaffham, the former prime minister said she was “delighted” to have been chosen to fight a fifth campaign in the constituency.
“Thanks to my local association for their ongoing support and I look forward in due course to us fighting a fifth general election together,” she tweeted.
After the collapse of her chaotic 49-day premiership, Ms Truss recently returned to the political fray with a hawkish speech warning of the threat from China.
She was previously criticised for a 4,000-word newspaper article in which she blamed the failure of her government on a powerful left-wing “economic establishment”.