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Liz Truss isn’t one for apologies. As the former PM continues her book tour, she sat down with the Financial Times, whose interviewer duly asked her about her appearance alongside Steve Bannon at a CPAC event in February. Then, Donald Trump’s old consigliere praised far-Right activist Tommy Robinson as a “hero” while Truss grinned beside him. Does she regret her controversial collab?
No, said Truss, though she added that “it was a very noisy and busy room where lots of stuff was going on.” The Downing Street alum laid out the further caveat that “obviously I don’t support Tommy Robinson”, but stressed that “the idea that you shouldn’t talk to anyone whose views you don’t share 100 per cent is absolutely wrong.” A shame she couldn’t make the NatCon conference this week…
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