Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss has issued a cease and desist letter to Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, demanding he stop saying she 'crashed the economy'. Truss's lawyers argue the statements are 'false and defamatory', causing 'serious harm' to her reputation.
Former British prime minister Liz Truss has sent a legal letter telling Sir Keir Starmer to stop claiming she “crashed the economy”. The cease and desist letter, sent on Wednesday by UK law firm Asserson and seen by the Financial Times, claims statements about her actions are “false and defamatory”. The letter claims the prime minister has caused “serious harm to her reputation” and even said such comments may have contributed to her losing her parliamentary seat in last year’s general election.
Her intervention this week is likely to raise eyebrows in Westminster given Truss’s status as a staunch free speech campaigner. Last summer she threw her support behind Elon Musk’s free speech agenda and declared on X: “I am appalled by the attacks on free speech in Britain and Europe. We can’t be truly free without free speech.” She has shown limited tolerance for criticism of her time in office, storming offstage after being heckled about her economic record at an event last year.
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