Following questions as to just who Equalities Minister, Liz Truss has been meeting with to discuss GRA Reform, this video surfaces of her from August 2019 having a very happy meeting with the US Heritage Foundation (HF).
This has not been confirmed by the Minister’s Press Office. On the other hand, Truss is backed by HF wallpaper and this clip appears on the HF’s official YouTube Channel. So the most likely conclusion is that this is not elaborate hoax or mash-up, but an actual event from last summer: 8 August, according to the time stamp on the clip.
She is there, ostensibly to talk about a US-UK trade deal. However, there are questions to be asked at two levels about her presence at this event.
Dealing with the demagogue
First and foremost, the HF wields great influence within the US. All the more reason for meeting with them, some might say. But that influence is based on cronyism. They are located within the inner circle of “Friends of Trump”: the fast growing US answer to the corrupt system of nomenklatura…
