In full: Liz Truss, Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg and Lee Anderson launch Popular Conservatives group

A Liz Truss ally has pulled out of the launch of the new Popular Conservatives group at the last minute as he urged his fellow Tory MPs to “stick to the plan” under Rishi Sunak.

Ranil Jayawardena, who served as Ms Truss’s environment secretary, was scheduled to speak alongside the former prime minister in Central London on Tuesday.

The Popular Conservatives are the newest in a string of backbench caucuses aimed at pushing the party to the Right until and beyond the next general election.

Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg, the former business secretary, and Lee Anderson, who last month quit as deputy Tory chairman over Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda Bill, will join Ms Truss on the panel.

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#Truss #PopularConservatives

[Grufflenips]

They got the " con" part right

[snoish]

Listing out the problems that your party caused and then selling yourselves as the solution to them is a bit moronic, much like they assume the public are. I would appreciate it if the Conservative party would stop trying to turn the UK into a regulation free toxic nightmare where only the rich flourish, and instead start providing sensible policies and the basic but good quality public services that are expected from government.

[davidcoard]

We had the Monster Raving loony Party, now we've have this lot. Great!

[carlosifer]

I mean the irony 😂
Liz claiming shes the best thing since sliced bread and Jacob moaning about pompous politicians
This is beyond parody 😂
CON is a fitting name 👍

[ninjakernow]

The rich club making themselves richer.

[saraswatidevi]

These people are next level delusional

[johnvaleanbaily]

Well, I'm glad they included the word "con" in the name. Being run by some of the biggest con men and women in the business.

[martinradcliffe]

I wonder if the "anti-elite", "anti-establishment" Sir Jacob Rees Mogg gave any thought to turning down his knighthood? Thought not.

[Tomshrrtt]

Christ i bet starmer is pissing himself all the way to number 10

[patrickdoolan]

The entitlement of these people is surreal. They don't care how much they have ruined people's lives. They just carry on and on and on. Truss is a psychopath.

[themachinist]

Why is Liz Truss still doing speeches? I feel like the world around me makes less sense every day.

[dannymurphy]

I encourage everyone to read the excellent book on Liz Truss by Harry Coles, it is most revealing about how Liz Truss operates. Hilarious that Truss is bemoaning legal immigration when it was her that authorised a huge increase!

[intercalz]

What is really impressive is that people who are well known and obvious failures can make a fantastic living selling snake oil with ease.

[georgehutley]

I have a confession. It is something that I am deeply ashamed of but im happy to share it here.

I am 34 and have been of voting age for 16 years, and for the last 16 years I have voted Tory. It is only now that I can see how embarrassed I should be about this. I truely didnt think the party I have thought would help our country could get any worse.

But here we are.

What a joke...

[iainblack]

Oh dear, how is this woman given any airtime after she expertly trashed the UK economy..at least Qwasi has done the right thing and withdrawn from Politics

[OggyGTA]

The West Side Story music at the end is a scream! "I just met a girl called ... disgraced ex-prime minister ... Liz Truss!"

A grassroots conservative movement: an oxymoron.

[rajeeb]

Popular 🤣, I guess they thought hiding the obvious in plain sight was the best play

[kevinmunro]

Did Lee Anderson forget who closed the pits? He thinks coal is sustainable?

[jacksimcox]

Truss was found out when she was interviewed by the local BBC, she has no talent and honestly I would be embarrassed if I were a 48 day pm. No Shame