Liz Truss on Nigel Farage

Liz Truss has maintained a visible, positive association with Nigel Farage, engaging in private meetings that suggest a close political alignment post-premiership. The former Prime Minister attended a discreet lunch at a Mayfair club with Farage, an event organized by the Heartland Institute, a US thinktank. Despite public distancing from his party by some political factions, the gathering suggested Truss was comfortable within the circles associated with the populist figure. Furthermore, Farage had previously complimented her brief tenure, calling her budget the best Conservative budget since 1986, indicating mutual, if informal, respect.

This interaction occurred amid speculation about Truss's political future and her relationship with the right wing of the political spectrum. The lunch, which reportedly also included figures with extreme views on climate change, raised awkward questions for political rivals, particularly as one of Farage’s new party members had publicly criticized Truss’s own budget. Truss was reportedly robust when discussing the criticism at the lunch, signaling her continued affinity with Farage’s political ecosystem, even as his party publicly denied welcoming her into its ranks.