{"id":160838,"date":"2022-07-22T07:33:03","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T07:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=160838"},"modified":"2022-07-22T07:33:03","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T07:33:03","slug":"tory-leadership-live-badge-of-honour-liz-truss-hailed-for-earning-ire-of-putins-puppet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/politics\/tory-leadership-live-badge-of-honour-liz-truss-hailed-for-earning-ire-of-putins-puppet\/","title":{"rendered":"Tory Leadership LIVE: Badge of honour! Liz Truss hailed for earning ire of Putin&#8217;s puppet"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Tory leadership: Liz Truss says she can win against Keir Starmer<\/h3>\n<p>We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you&#8217;ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info<\/p>\n<p>Ms Truss is down to the final two in the Tory leadership contest and has just six weeks to prove to Conservative Party members that she would make a better Prime Minister than rival Rishi Sunak. The Foreign Secretary has earned the backing of former House of Lords member Matt Ridley, who said it should be a &#8220;badge of honour&#8221; that Ms Truss is despised by Mr Lavrov. Writing in the Telegraph, Lord Ridley said: &#8220;Of the remaining two candidates for prime minister, I&rsquo;ve long admired Rishi Sunak, but it&rsquo;s Liz Truss who deserves the job. &#8220;That the Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov despises her is a badge of honour. &#8220;That the posher sort of Conservative wrinkles their nose at her earnestness only encourages me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOLLOW BELOW FOR LIVE UPDATES&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/139\/590x\/1644236_1.jpg?r=1658473422276\"><\/p>\n<h3>Badge of honour! Liz Truss hailed for earning ire of Putin&#8217;s puppet<\/h3>\n<p>Liz Truss has been praised for earning the ire of Vladimir Putin&#8217;s puppet, Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Truss is down to the final two in the Tory leadership contest and has just six weeks to prove to Conservative Party members that she would make a better Prime Minister than rival Rishi Sunak.<\/p>\n<p>The Foreign Secretary has earned the backing of former House of Lords member Matt Ridley, who said it should be a &#8220;badge of honour&#8221; that Ms Truss is despised by Mr Lavrov.<\/p>\n<p>Writing in the Telegraph, Lord Ridley said: &#8220;Of the remaining two candidates for prime minister, I&rsquo;ve long admired Rishi Sunak, but it&rsquo;s Liz Truss who deserves the job.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That the Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov despises her is a badge of honour.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That the posher sort of Conservative wrinkles their nose at her earnestness only encourages me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Good morning<\/h3>\n<p><span>Good morning, I&#8217;m <\/span><span>Olivia Stringer<\/span><span> and I&rsquo;ll be bringing you all the latest developments on the Tory leadership race for the next eight hours. Please feel free to get in touch with me as I work if you have a story or tips to share! Your thoughts are always welcome.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Email: olivia.stringer@reachplc.com&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span>Twitter: <\/span><span>@Livstringer_<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/politics\/1644236\/tory-leadership-live-liz-truss-rishi-sunak-putin-prime-minister-contest-vote-latest-updat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tory leadership: Liz Truss says she can<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":160837,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23055],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tory Leadership LIVE: Badge of honour! 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