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Liz Truss 'pretended relatives had died' to duck BBC Question Time
heraldscotland.com ^ | October 19, 2022 | Tom Gordon

Posted on 10/19/2022 1:35:47 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

LIZ Truss used to pretend “minor members” of her family had died to get out of media appearances, one of her former aides has revealed.

Kirsty Buchanan, who was a special adviser to the Prime Minister when she was Justice Secretary, said the fake fatalities included “aunts and cousins and things”.

However Ms Truss eventually ran out of excuses and had to appear on BBC Question Time, where she found herself on a panel with a man she loathed.

Ms Buchanan was speaking on the Whitehall Sources podcast.

She said: “Liz Truss, when I worked for her, she obviously didn’t like the media, so we used to spend quite a lot of time making up excuses and, you know, killing off minor members of her family so that she didn’t have to go on Question Time.

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To: scrabblehack

And does it involve hand puppets..sounds like a kids show.


21 posted on 10/20/2022 5:36:08 AM PDT by Leep (Hillary will NEVER be president! 😁)
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