Foreign secretary’s campaign bolstered by professional campaigners at nearby HQ
A Boris Johnson loyalist who was caught on a trip to Indonesia when the prime minister was deposed, Liz Truss had toThough the writing had been on the wall for some weeks – evidenced by the fact that the “Liz For Leader” website was registered just two days after Johnson survived a confidence vote – the foreign secretary began from a slower start than her“Rishi’s machine is a lot more advanced than Liz’s,” said one Truss ally.
Porter has extensive experience of running a sharp operation, having come from public affairs firm FGS Global and previously been head of international affairs and government relations at the London Stock Exchange. She also has connections among policy wonks as a former head of communications for the Institute of Economic Affairs thinktank.Knowing the high value Truss places on carefully crafted photos posted to her Instagram, her team are also aiming to rival Sunak’s slickness on social media.
Despite being the bookies’ favourite thanks to her favourable polling among Tory members, Truss’s inner circle is still trying to win over more MPs – including the more than 100 who had voted for Penny Mordaunt to be on the final ballot., Team Truss wants to ensure it keeps some momentum by getting new supporters. “She didn’t do all those ‘fizz with Liz’ receptions for nothing,” one MP quipped.
He could be tipped for a major promotion to the cabinet, though would be in for a tussle with the business secretary, Kwasi Kwarteng, for the role of chancellor.Others supporting Truss who will hope to hold on to a space in her cabinet include Nadine Dorries, Thérèse Coffey and James Cleverly.
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