The former PM is fighting to avoid the ultimate 'Portillo moment', under threat from a campaign backed by ex-Tory minister Dominic Grieve
The former PM is fighting to avoid the ultimate 'Portillo moment', under threat from a campaign backed by ex-Tory minister Dominic Grieveright and representing one of the safest seats in the country. She’d seen off an earlier attempt by local Tory activists – dubbed the Turnip Taliban – to unseat her.is pitting erstwhile Tories against Truss again. Its third act is not yet written but could see Labour handed the victory laurels.
You couldn’t find a more typical Tory than Bagge, 71. Educated at Eton and Sandhurst, he served as a British army officer. A career followed as a criminal barrister and partner at a London law firm, and stints as high sheriff and deputy lieutenant in Norfolk. His great-great-grandfather was a Conservative MP.
“She’s a bit like the Scarlet Pimpernel; we hear reports of her being around but she’s not there,” John Jaworski, 78, a retired television producer toldat The Crown pub. “Asking how Liz Truss is viewed in this part of the world is a non-question because, as far as we’re concerned, she is never viewed.”
“I keep hearing of sightings but after it’s after she’s gone so ordinary people can’t go and see her,” Ratcliffe told. “For someone who’s been our MP for 14 years, and wants to be our MP again, to be completely unreachable at this time is a poor look.” Speaking privately, an ally said Truss had been out campaigning every day during the campaign, visiting towns and villages and had been approachable to anybody who wanted a chat. On the night of the hustings, they insisted, Truss had a prior engagement.At the hospital which serves Norfolk, the roof is being held up by thousands of stilts in a building that outlived its 30-year lifespan a decade ago. Voters won’t see a new building until 2030.
Labour candidate Terry Jermy told i that Truss has neglected the constituency to try and promote herself abroad
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