The News Agents podcast hosts Jon Sopel and Emily Maitlis mused on former Prime Minister Liz Truss’ “zombie” comeback tour on Monday, ahead of an LBC interview in which she refused to rule out a second shot at Conservative Party leadership and admitted she had “unfinished business” in politics.
The conversation comes as Truss published extracts from her new book in the Daily Mail, titled Ten Years to Save the West Lessons: From The Only Conservative in the Room, and ahead of an interview between Truss and LBC host Iain Dale, set for broadcast on Monday evening.
Truss, who was introduced as a modern day “Margaret Thatcher” by right-wing Republicans and supporters of former President Donald Trump at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in February, has asserted that she was a victim of the “deep state” and that her libertarian plans were met with “huge establishment backlash.”
At home, however, Truss is known …