Liz Truss’s account of being late for her Election Count on 5th July found to be at odds with the reality
On a Telegraph podcast on 30th July Liz Truss was asked why she was late to her Count on the morning of 5th July. She noted that she had been in McDonalds in Kings Lynn with her husband and daughter. Her daughter was eating hash browns but Truss had stuck to water as she didnt feel hungry at 5am. The 30 minute warning of the result being announced apparently didnt appear and then she was held up at a railway barrier.
The victorious Labour candidate Terry Jermy has now revealed to Labour List what was actually happening. Truss has told the Telegraph that she had delayed her appearance because of the presence of some ‘dubious’ BBC journalists
Jermy’s account notes
What most people don’t realise is that they actually finished counting at about 5am and they were sort of shuffling around with tables and papers whilst we were waiting for Liz Truss to make her way to the count,”
“It was only about 6.30am that she arrived anywhere near and so we were all sort of waiting around doing nothing and all the counting had finished for quite a long while,” he said, “When she got to the building, we were all given a sign as candidates to go on stage with the High Sheriff, but even then we were on stage for what felt like an eternity and she was still not appearing on the stage.”
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