tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post5971580335399402639..comments2024-03-27T16:39:43.522+00:00Comments on Liberal England: Liz Truss and my sneaking sympathy for the Turnip TalibanJonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-81126093024261076532009-11-16T23:37:16.635+00:002009-11-16T23:37:16.635+00:00Ch 4 News reported that Norfolk South-West party r...Ch 4 News reported that Norfolk South-West party representatives actually asked Central Office if there were any skeletons in Ms Truss's cupboard, and were told "no". We know of course that she had not held anything back from CO when she was put on the "A" list.Frank Littlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12447989626809704972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-58360438490925536022009-11-16T22:06:02.874+00:002009-11-16T22:06:02.874+00:00I find this whole "Turnip Taliban" busin...I find this whole "Turnip Taliban" business deeply, deeply offensive. It is metrocentric arrogance writ large. It sends a clear message that anybody outside the London political bubble is marginal, irrelevant, and probably wears a smock and sucks straw.<br /><br />After all, nobody intelligent, sophisticated or bright has ever emerged from Norfolk .....crewegwynnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-84099992495382056602009-11-16T21:25:09.930+00:002009-11-16T21:25:09.930+00:00I have written about this before, but the issue wa...I have written about this before, but the issue was not the affair. It was that CCO and Liz Truss appeared not to trust the local party with the knowledge and then there was a campaign to attack those people locally who dared to speak up.<br /><br />The Tory slurs against local people in Norfolk will come back to haunt them.Nich Starlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04237390959601973501noreply@blogger.com