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«Breaking News» Hammond's No 2 LIZ TRUSS backs May deal, saying we can change it after we leave EU anyway

Heaven help any male number-crunchers at the Treasury who question Chief Secretary Liz Truss's sums. 


She did double maths A-level and is the first female Conservative to hold the post of Treasury Chief Secretary, which means she's effectively the Deputy Chancellor.


Truss, 43, speaks with a bluntness you might expect from someone who went to primary school in Paisley, Scotland, one of the poorest areas in Britain, and then to a comprehensive in Leeds.







Liz Truss is the first female Conservative to hold the post of Treasury Chief Secretary. This summer she made an outspoken attack on ministers who she thought were demanding too much for their departments, saying it was 'not macho' to push for bigger budgets



When she says she is 'not a natural Tory', it is an understatement.


Her father John, a maths professor, is an anti-Brexiteer who supports the Green Party; her Bolton-born mother Priscilla is pro-CND and pro-Brexit.


As an eight-year-old, Truss joined them on Ban the Bomb marches as well as playing Maggie Thatcher in a school debate during the 1983 election. At Oxford University she became a Lib Dem activist demanding an end to the monarchy.


So no, this was not the natural path for someone who, after a career in the City, became Conservative MP for South West Norfolk in 2010.


Even once she'd established her Tory credentials, her rise through the party's ranks came shuddering to a halt when she was demoted from Lord Chancellor in 2016 after judges savaged her for failing to back them over a Brexit ruling on the triggering of Article 50.







Truss, 43, speaks with a bluntness you might expect from someone who went to primary school in Paisley, Scotland, one of the poorest areas in Britain, and then to a comprehensive in Leeds 


The episode left her badly shaken and she went away to lick her wounds.


But she has reinvented herself, using Instagram and Twitter to develop a new social media savvy Tory profile.


And judging by her performance this week as presenter of The Spectator magazine's parliamentary awards, she has recovered her bounce. She brought the house down in a self-deprecatory speech, reeling off joke after risque joke about her Cabinet colleagues and sending up her party, torn apart as it is by Brexit, as 'just one big happy family'.




She did double maths A-level and is the first female Conservative to hold the post of Treasury Chief Secretary, which means she's effectively the Deputy Chancellor to Phillip Hammond, above


She did double maths A-level and is the first female Conservative to hold the post of Treasury Chief Secretary, which means she's effectively the Deputy Chancellor to Phillip Hammond, above



She did double maths A-level and is the first female Conservative to hold the post of Treasury Chief Secretary, which means she's effectively the Deputy Chancellor to Phillip Hammond, above



When we meet over a coffee in Westminster, she says immediately: 'I feel I've come home at the Treasury.'


Her accent is somewhat discordant – part Glasgow, part Leeds, part Oxford and with a modern, Kiwi-style rising inflection at the end of each sentence. The tone is reminiscent of another precocious Yorkshire Thatcherite, William Hague.


Britain has had two female Prime Ministers, but no female Chancellor, she points out.


'Economics and finance is the final frontier for women; it's the last thing they will conquer because controlling finance is at the heart of everything in government,' she says.


And it's clear this is a frontier she intends to cross.




Liz Truss, pictured with Phillip Hammond and senior Treasury officials on Budget day this year. Abrasive and irreverent she may be, but Truss is no #MeToo militant. 'I'm a protagonist. I get stuff thrown at me, but enjoy the fight,' she says


Liz Truss, pictured with Phillip Hammond and senior Treasury officials on Budget day this year. Abrasive and irreverent she may be, but Truss is no #MeToo militant. 'I'm a protagonist. I get stuff thrown at me, but enjoy the fight,' she says



Liz Truss, pictured with Phillip Hammond and senior Treasury officials on Budget day this year. Abrasive and irreverent she may be, but Truss is no #MeToo militant. 'I'm a protagonist. I get stuff thrown at me, but enjoy the fight,' she says


'I'd love the job of Chancellor one day,' she says, while denying reports of clashes with the current incumbent Philip Hammond: 'We have a lot of banter. When I introduced him to my husband, Hugh, Philip said, 'I'm only Liz's boss in the loosest sense of the word'.'


Truss and her husband, accountant Hugh O'Leary, have two daughters. So which one controls the purse strings at home? 'We have a joint account – it's a power-sharing arrangement!'


As the Treasury minister responsible for keeping a lid on ministers' budgets, Truss has benefited from her clash with the judges – it has stiffened her resolve to stand up to her mostly male Cabinet colleagues. 


This summer she made an outspoken attack on ministers who she thought were demanding too much for their departments, saying it was 'not macho' to push for bigger budgets. Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson was so incensed by her intransigence that he threatened to close an RAF base in her constituency.

She also took a swipe at Michael Gove over the Environment Secretary's planned crackdown on wood-burning stoves to stem pollution, calling them 'wood-burning Goves' and making jokes about the 'hot air and smoke at the Environment Department'.


She does not take kindly to being patronised by men. 'I hate being called feisty, bubbly and bossy, words always attributed to women,' she says. 'Chris Grayling has never been described as feisty,' she grins.


'Or bubbly,' I observe.


'When men call women ambitious they mean pushy,' she adds.




Liz Truss, right, with her mother, top left, and brother bottom left with a CND banner. Her father John, a maths professor, is an anti-Brexiteer who supports the Green Party; her Bolton-born mother Priscilla is pro-CND and pro-Brexit


Liz Truss, right, with her mother, top left, and brother bottom left with a CND banner. Her father John, a maths professor, is an anti-Brexiteer who supports the Green Party; her Bolton-born mother Priscilla is pro-CND and pro-Brexit



Liz Truss, right, with her mother, top left, and brother bottom left with a CND banner. Her father John, a maths professor, is an anti-Brexiteer who supports the Green Party; her Bolton-born mother Priscilla is pro-CND and pro-Brexit



Abrasive and irreverent she may be, but Truss is no #MeToo militant. 'I'm a protagonist. I get stuff thrown at me, but enjoy the fight,' she says. 


'People say you shouldn't be offensive to women, blah, blah, blah. But if women want true equality you have to take offensive comments sometimes.


'The most offensive thing is not being listened to.


'We need more women MPs, but they must be prepared to take a bit of flak. I don't want to be there just because I've got a pair of boobs. I want to be there because of my ideas and what I have to say. Identity politics can go too far.'


She says the hostile male reaction to her irreverence and her jokes is double standards. 'When I'm cheeky, people ask, 'Are you really trying to be funny?' The answer is yes, I like a laugh.'


Truss campaigned for Remain but supports Theresa May's Brexit deal: 'People have written her obituary before but she's always the last person standing. She'll get it through.'




Truss pictured with Chancellor Phillip Hammond, centre, and Theresa May before his budget speech earlier this year. Britain has had two female Prime Ministers, but no female Chancellor, she points out


Truss pictured with Chancellor Phillip Hammond, centre, and Theresa May before his budget speech earlier this year. Britain has had two female Prime Ministers, but no female Chancellor, she points out



Truss pictured with Chancellor Phillip Hammond, centre, and Theresa May before his budget speech earlier this year. Britain has had two female Prime Ministers, but no female Chancellor, she points out



She has nothing but contempt for Boris Johnson's antics. While Mrs May 'worked like a Trojan' to get an EU deal, Classics scholar Johnson merely 'studied the Trojans'.


Truss suggests, surprisingly, that once the UK has left the EU it could ignore parts of the deal it doesn't like. 'We can do what we want. Some things are set in treaties but no parliament can bind its successor.'


'We can just rip it all up?' I ask.


'We can renegotiate,' she replies.


Brussels may have other ideas.


She says Brexit is a chance to tackle the parts of Britain that have become 'furred up. We've had 40 years of people blaming EU red tape. Those excuses are now gone.


'But we'll have to take on vested interests; Nimbys who don't want homes next to them, lawyers who launch judicial reviews on everything.' She clearly hasn't forgotten what the men in wigs did to her.




Truss is pictured arriving at a Cabinet meeting last week. Truss campaigned for Remain but supports Theresa May's Brexit deal


Truss is pictured arriving at a Cabinet meeting last week. Truss campaigned for Remain but supports Theresa May's Brexit deal



Truss is pictured arriving at a Cabinet meeting last week. Truss campaigned for Remain but supports Theresa May's Brexit deal



She warns against abandoning Conservative principles, saying the Tories must not become 'Labour lite' and copy high-tax-and-spend Jeremy Corbyn.


'He wants everyone to live in a commune,' she says. 'I became a Tory because I hated being told what to do and kept in my place by government. We must offer low taxes and show that earning and making money is a good thing.'


I feel myself falling into an elephant sized #MeToo trap when I comment on Truss's outfit in small talk as she leaves.


'They're tangerine culottes, I wore them specially,' she says sarcastically, making me squirm.


And proving that Liz Truss always wears the trousers.



Is May's deal already sunk? 100 Tories have already come out against it meaning she must find almost 100 votes from Brexiteer rebels, DUP and Labour to get it through the Commons



Theresa May has secured her deal in Brussels but her fight to get it actually in place in time for Brexit day is just beginning.


The 'meaningful vote' promised to MPs will happen on December 11 and is the single biggest hurdle to the Brexit deal happening - and Mrs May' fate as PM.


Mrs May needs at least 318 votes in the Commons if all 650 MPs turns up - but can probably only be confident of around 230 votes.


The number is less than half because the four Speakers, 7 Sinn Fein MPs and four tellers will not take part.


The situation looks grim for Mrs May and her whips: now the deal has been published, 100 of her own MPs and the 10 DUP MPs have publicly stated they will join the Opposition parties in voting No.


This means the PM could have as few as 225 votes in her corner - leaving 410 votes on the other side, a landslide majority 185.


This is how the House of Commons might break down:


Mrs May needs at least 318 votes in the Commons if all 650 MPs turns up - but can probably only be confident of around 230 votes.




Mrs May needs at least 318 votes in the Commons if all 650 MPs turns up - but can probably only be confident of around 230 votes.


Mrs May needs at least 318 votes in the Commons if all 650 MPs turns up - but can probably only be confident of around 230 votes.



Mrs May needs at least 318 votes in the Commons if all 650 MPs turns up - but can probably only be confident of around 230 votes.



The Government (plus various hangers-on)


Who are they: All members of the Government are the so-called 'payroll' vote and are obliged to follow the whips orders or resign. It includes the Cabinet, all junior ministers, the whips and unpaid parliamentary aides.


There are also a dozen Tory party 'vice-chairs and 17 MPs appointed by the PM to be 'trade envoys'.


How many of them are there? 178.


What do they want? For the Prime Minister to survive, get her deal and reach exit day with the minimum of fuss.


Many junior ministers want promotion while many of the Cabinet want to be in a position to take the top job when Mrs May goes.


How will they vote? With the Prime Minister.


European Research Group Brexiteers demanding a No Confidence Vote


Who are they: The most hard line of the Brexiteers, they launched a coup against Mrs May after seeing the divorce. Led by Jacob Rees-Mogg and Steve Baker.


How many of them are there: 26


What do they want: The removal of Mrs May and a 'proper Brexit'. Probably no deal now, with hopes for a Canada-style deal later.


How will they vote: Against the Prime Minister.


Other Brexiteers in the ERG


Who are they: There is a large block of Brexiteer Tory MPs who hate the deal but have so far stopped short of moving to remove Mrs May - believing that can destroy the deal instead. They include ex Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith and ex minister Owen Paterson.


Ex ministers like Boris Johnson and David Davis are also in this group - they probably want to replace Mrs May but have not publicly moved against her.


How many of them are there? Around 50.


What do they want? The ERG has said Mrs May should abandon her plans for a unique trade deal and instead negotiate a 'Canada plus plus plus' deal.


This is based on a trade deal signed between the EU and Canada in August 2014 that eliminated 98 per cent of tariffs and taxes charged on goods shipped across the Atlantic.


The EU has long said it would be happy to do a deal based on Canada - but warn it would only work for Great Britain and not Northern Ireland.


How will they vote: Against the Prime Minister.


Remain including the People's Vote supporters


Who are they: Tory MPs who believe the deal is just not good enough for Britain. They include the group of unrepentant Remainers who want a new referendum like Anna Soubry and ex-ministers who quit over the deal including Jo Johnson and Phillip Lee.


How many of them are there: Maybe around 10.


What do they want? To stop Brexit. Some want a new referendum, some think Parliament should step up and say no.


A new referendum would take about six months from start to finish and they group wants Remain as an option on the ballot paper, probably with Mrs May's deal as the alternative.


How will they vote? Against the Prime Minister.


Moderates in the Brexit Delivery Group (BDG) and other Loyalists


Who are they? A newer group, the BDG counts members from across the Brexit divide inside the Tory Party. It includes former minister Nick Boles and MPs including Remainer Simon Hart and Brexiteer Andrew Percy.


There are also lots of unaligned Tory MPs who are desperate to talk about anything else.


How many of them are there? Based on public declarations, about 48 MPs have either said nothing or backed the deal.


What do they want? The BDG prioritises delivering on Brexit and getting to exit day on March 29, 2019, without destroying the Tory Party or the Government. If the PM gets a deal the group will probably vote for it.


It is less interested in the exact form of the deal but many in it have said Mrs May's Chequers plan will not work.


Mr Boles has set out a proposal for Britain to stay in the European Economic Area (EEA) until a free trade deal be negotiated - effectively to leave the EU but stay in close orbit as a member of the single market.


How will they vote? With the Prime Minister.


The DUP


Who are they? The Northern Ireland Party signed up to a 'confidence and supply' agreement with the Conservative Party to prop up the Government.


They are Unionist and say Brexit is good but must not carve Northern Ireland out of the Union.


How many of them are there? 10.


What do they want? A Brexit deal that protects Northern Ireland inside the UK.


How will they vote? Against the Prime Minister on the grounds they believe the deal breaches the red line of a border in the Irish Sea.


Labour Loyalists


Who are they? Labour MPs who are loyal to Jeremy Corbyn and willing to follow his whipping orders.


How many of them are there? Up to 250 MPs depending on exactly what Mr Corbyn orders them to do.


What do they want? Labour policy is to demand a general election and if the Government refuses, 'all options are on the table', including a second referendum.


Labour insists it wants a 'jobs first Brexit' that includes a permanent customs union with the EU. It says it is ready to restart negotiations with the EU with a short extension to the Article 50 process.


The party says Mrs May's deal fails its six tests for being acceptable.


How will they vote? Against the Prime Minister's current deal.


Labour Rebels


Who are they? A mix of MPs totally opposed to Mr Corbyn's leadership, some Labour Leave supporters who want a deal and some MPs who think any deal will do at this point.


How many of them are there? Maybe 10 to 20 MPs but this group is diminishing fast - at least for the first vote on the deal.


What do they want? An orderly Brexit and to spite Mr Corbyn.


How will they vote? With the Prime Minister.


Other Opposition parties


Who are they? The SNP, Liberal Democrats, Plaid Cymru, Green Caroline Lucas and assorted independents.


How many of them are there? About 60 MPs.


How will they vote? Mostly against the Prime Minister - though two of the independents are suspended Tories and two are Brexiteer former Labour MPs. 




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Main photo article Heaven help any male number-crunchers at the Treasury who question Chief Secretary Liz Truss’s sums. 
She did double maths A-level and is the first female Conservative to hold the post of Treasury Chief Secretary, which means she’s effectively the Deputy Chancellor.
Truss, 43, speaks ...


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