Liz Truss Faces Tory Expulsion Demands Following Controversial US Speech
Former Prime Minister Liz Truss has ignited a political firestorm after traveling approximately 5,000 miles to deliver a scathing critique of Britain at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Texas. Her remarks, which painted the United Kingdom as an authoritarian wasteland "invaded" by Islamists and "globalists," have prompted immediate calls for her expulsion from the Conservative Party.
Badenoch Under Pressure to Act
Senior Conservative figure Kemi Badenoch is facing mounting pressure to remove Liz Truss from the party following her address to MAGA supporters in Grapevine, Texas. During her speech, the failed ex-PM advocated for launching a UK version of the MAGA movement, branding it "MEGA - Make England Great Again." This explicit alignment with Donald Trump's political brand has deepened the controversy surrounding her appearance.
When confronted by The Mirror in the conference corridors and asked whether she intended to lead this movement herself or wished to be perceived as Britain's answer to Donald Trump, Truss remained tight-lipped, offering only a smile before walking away without comment.
Liberal Democrat Condemnation
Daisy Cooper, Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats, delivered a blistering response to Truss's actions. "Liz Truss has clearly been reading Nigel Farage's playbook - flying 5,000 miles just to badmouth our country," Cooper stated. "All while planning to import the most toxic elements of US politics to the UK."
She further emphasized: "The public hasn't forgotten the economic carnage Liz Truss caused at home. They won't take lessons on 'Making England Great Again' from the woman who nearly broke it. Kemi Badenoch must step up and immediately expel Liz Truss from the Conservative Party for championing populist division."
CPAC London Plans Revealed
In a significant development, Truss announced plans to host the inaugural CPAC conference in London this July. Investigations have now revealed that Liz Truss is listed as a director of CPAC London Ltd, a UK-registered company established on March 6th. This corporate connection underscores her deepening involvement with the conservative conference network.
The Texas event, which has traditionally featured speeches by Donald Trump annually for the past decade, saw his absence this year amid speculation he risked facing backlash from supporters regarding the Iran war. Instead, the conference platform was occupied by second-tier Trump administration alumni, including Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, ICE Chief Tom Homan, and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche.
Audience Reception and Beliefs
Conference attendees interviewed by The Mirror expressed belief in the narratives presented by both Truss and President Trump about the United Kingdom. Benjamin Hansel of the College Republicans of America described it as "eye-opening to hear about the Islamification all over in the UK." When questioned about other British politicians of interest, he cited far-right agitator Tommy Robinson, while other attendees mentioned Nigel Farage and Rupert Lowe as prominent figures.
Martina from Silver Spring, Maryland, who witnessed Truss's speech, commented that it sounded like Britain had "allowed itself to be overrun by Muslims. I said London has gone, and my co-worker said England has gone to Sharia Law."
Detailed Criticisms and Conspiracy Theories
During her main stage panel appearance titled "Europestan: Can Europe Survive?" on Thursday, Truss escalated her rhetoric significantly. She claimed that "elites" in the UK "fundamentally don't like western civilisation, and they want to destroy it." Venturing into far-right conspiracy theories, she alleged that a "globalist movement" had "captured the institutions, the universities, the mainstream media, the corporate sector and the bureaucracy."
"They believe in open borders," Truss asserted. "They believe in human rights - by which I mean the human rights of illegal migrants - they believe in things like transgender ideology, they don't believe in the family. The right, and in that I include the Conservative Party in which I served as a minister and prime minister, we did not do enough to take them on."
She continued with specific policy criticisms: "We went along with the status quo - things like net zero which means we have the most expensive energy in the world, we didn't reverse the changes to our constitution, we've allowed DEI to be embedded. We've allowed Islamism to grow in our country and that is the fundamental problem."
Call for Political Revolution
Truss explicitly called for a "Trump-style revolution" in Britain, arguing that "most people in our country don't believe in this stuff. They want to have a family, they want a nice car, they want to go on a nice holiday, they want to live in a Christian country. They don't want their country taken over."
She elaborated on her vision for political change: "What I'm now working on is how do we build the infrastructure. How do we build the equivalent of a MAGA movement - a MEGA movement. Make England Great Again. How do we build the independent media to take on the 'blob' media like the BBC. Because I know we will not get change in our country just by changing who is in No10 Downing Street. We have to change the system."
International Conservative Movement
Announcing the planned CPAC Great Britain event, Truss expressed her intention to harness "the energy of the Conservative movement internationally." She declared: "We want to wake up the people of Britain, who have been asleep while our country has been taken over. Most people in Britain want to have a good job, they're proud of their country, they want it to be a Christian country. They don't want all this woke claptrap. And what we need to do is bring all those people together and create the momentum for real change."
The conference attendance received a significant boost from a substantial contingent of Iranian Americans, predominantly supporters of restoring the country's monarchy. Iran's Crown Prince in exile, Reza Pahlavi, delivered a speech from the main stage that attracted the highest attendance of any speaker at the event.
