‘Turnip Taliban’ leader accuses Liz Truss of ‘cavorting with pro-Trump extremists’ in US

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The leader of the so-called ‘Turnip Taliban’ Tory rebels bidding to oust Liz Truss in her Norfolk constituency has launched a blistering assault on her for ‘cavorting with right wingextremists in the US’.

James Bagge, who plans to face in opposition to the previous prime minister as an Independent in Norfolk south west on the subsequent election, denounced her for ‘declaring kinship with Donald Trump and Nigel Farage’ at a gathering of the proper wing American group CPAC final week.

And the lawyer and ex-Army officer criticised her for utilizing the rally to blame the British ‘deep state’ – her Trump model euphemism for Whitehall, quangos and different state establishments – for the financial disaster that ended her disastrous brief lived time period in Downing St in 2022.

Ms Truss had ‘little judgement’ and solely herself in charge for her downfall, stated Mr Bagge.

Far from sabotaging her administration, it was the very establishments she railed in opposition to that had saved the nation from her reckless insurance policies, he stated.

“Ms Truss talks of democratically elected governments unable to enact policies because they have been blocked by the ‘economic establishment’ and of a civil service populated by activists,” he informed The Independent.

“Her problem, which she fails to acknowledge, is that she enacted a policy of her own choice despite warnings and then immediately tried to pin the blame on her hapless chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng.

“But it was the financial markets, not the establishment, which determined the failure of her completely ruinous mini-budget and it was the actions of those she now dismisses that saved the day, namely, the Bank of England and the Treasury.

“She is a woman with little judgement in evidence, and apparently incapable of accepting personal responsibility.”

Mr Bagge, 71, is amongst outstanding native Conservatives who resigned from the social gathering in protest at Ms Truss’ choice as its candidate for south west Norfolk in 2009 after complaints she was “foisted” on them by Tory HQ.

They argued she had no hyperlinks to the world and accused social gathering chiefs of failing to tell them she had had an affair with a married Tory MP.

It led to Ms Truss’ critics in the normal East Anglian agricultural constituency being labelled the Turnip Taliban.

Mr Bagge accused Ms Truss of displaying double requirements on the US rally which was attended by 1000’s of Trump supporters in addition to former UKIP leader Nigel Farage.

She ‘declares her support for Trump’ – who is predicted to scale back assist to Ukraine in its battle with Russia – ‘while demanding assistance for Ukraine,’ he stated.

‘She cavorts with Right-Wing extremists, sharing a platform and declaring kinship with Farage, Trump and others.’

At the CPAC gathering Ms Truss stated conservatives in each the US and UK want a “bigger bazooka” to battle the Left.

‘Unless conservatives become more active in speaking out Western civilisation is doomed,’ she argued.

Mr Bagge is holding a sequence of public conferences in Norfolk to win backing for his problem in opposition to Ms Truss.

If he defeated her it might be one of the most important election upsets of all time.