Tories are ‘snowflakes’ and Truss on ‘bizarre quest to cancel’ PM – Phillipson

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Tories are a “bunch of snowflakes” and former prime minister Liz Truss is on a “bizarre quest to cancel” Sir Keir Starmer, Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has said. The former prime minister’s legal team sent Sir Keir a cease and desist letter, saying his claim that his predecessor-but-one “crashed the economy” or was “crashing the economy” was defamatory and “false and misleading”. Ms Phillipson replied: “If members opposite want to know what a U-turn on free speech looks like, I suggest they turn their attention to Liz Truss, who for so long extolled the virtues of free speech and is now on some kind of bizarre quest to cancel the Prime Minister for saying that she and the party opposite crashed the economy. What a bunch of snowflakes.” During Prime Minister’s Questions, Sir Keir said: “I got a letter this week from a Tory voter in a Labour seat, I hope they don’t mind me saying who it was, it was Liz Truss.” He added: “She was complaining that saying she had crashed the economy was damaging her reputation.