Liz Truss Family: Why Did Social Media Users Mock ‘Motionless’ Her For Spending Just 30 MINUTES In The Commons

Twitter was awash with social media memes this evening following the Prime Minister’s 30-minute cameo in the House of Commons – in which she witnessed her economic policies being brutally torched by her new Chancellor Jeremy Hunt.

The embattled Tory leader missed a grilling by Labour’s frontbench as part of an urgent question this evening.

Instead, Ms sent former Tory leadership rival Penny Mordaunt in her place, with the Portsmouth North MP having to deny Labour claims she was ‘hiding under a desk’.

Who Are Liz Truss Parents? Meet Father, John Kenneth And Mother, Priscilla Truss

Liz Truss was born to parents John Kenneth and Priscilla Truss in 1975. The couple tied the knot in 1969 and are parents to four children.

The couple divorced in 2003 and took a completely different stance toward their daughter’s ideologies, leaving her father disappointed.

John Kenneth was a former maths professor at the University of Leeds and shockingly not a staunch supporter of his daughter.

On the other hand, Liz Truss’s mother, Priscilla Mary Truss, was a nurse and, unlike her husband, continues to support her daughter dearly.

Priscilla was a Cambridge undergraduate and completed her education at New Hall. Even after her marriage to John, Priscilla continued her profession as a nurse and was a teacher as well.

At the age of 69, Priscilla 2016 submitted her PhD thesis to Leeds University’s school of history and is a woman who is determined to stick to her roots.

John and Priscila would take their daughter to protest marches during the 1980s against Thatcher’s government. So seeing their daughter run for the Conservative party’s leader would surely have been hurtful for both of them.

Liz Truss Family Tree

Liz Truss’s family has always been involved in the world of politics. The UK Prime Minister’s family were supporters of liberal laws, and seeing their daughter become a Tory darling shocked them.

Liz gets her inspiration from her great grandfather. A war veteran George Grasby fought in World War 1 and lost his leg, and later became a cobbler.

Then Liz’s grandfather, also named George, was a bright student and won a place to read classics at The Queen’s College Oxford. He served in the Second World War with the army in India.

Liz Truss has three younger brothers- Chris, Patrick, and Francis. Their family shifted to Scotland for a while, where her mother joined Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.

The 47-year-old married her husband Hugh O’Leary in 2000, and the pair have two daughters- Frances and Liberty.

Liz Truss Education Background

Liz Truss’s educational background did make noise in the political campaigns. Her rival, Rishi Sunak, had a privileged educational background compared to Lizz.

Liz Truss started her schooling at Roundhay School, and she described the school as a socialist hotbed. The UK PM said that little time would be spent on reading and writing and more on teaching about racism.

But many have argued that Roundhay School is one of the best state schools in Leeds, and even her Tory member Nathan Hull contests it.

While at school, Liz Truss joined a youth branch of the Liberal Democrats. The 17-year-old Liz would walk in environmental protests with Liberal Democrat flags in her hand.

In 1993, Truss joined Merton College, Oxford, to read philosophy, politics, and economics. Many of her schoolmates have called Liz Truss to be a completely ordinary student.

But now, seeing their classmate become the UK Prime Minster makes them think hard about any details they could conjure up about her.

Does Liz Truss Have Siblings? Meet Brothers Chris, Patrick And Francis

Liz Truss is the oldest of three siblings and has three brothers-Chris, Patrick, and Francis.

Just like their sister, the three young brothers of Liz Truss were brought up by their parents in a household filled with liberal ideologies. The family would go to protest together and were staunch supporters of the left.

Liz talked about her brothers in an interview with You Magazine. She recalled an incident where a woman was kept down, and her brothers were given a higher role.

‘I remember going on a plane when I was 12, and my brothers were given “Junior Pilot” badges, and I was given “Junior Air Hostess.” That just really annoyed me,” said Liz.

The UK PM says she doesn’t think women are better but thinks everyone deserves an equal chance.

Ms Truss, who was unavailable to take the urgent question due to ‘wall-to-wall’ meetings, later arrived to listen in on her new Chancellor’s policy-axing speech.

And when she did, Twitter users claimed she appeared ‘motionless’. One, sharing a close up screengrab of the Tory leader’s face, wrote: ‘Madame Tussauds has lent their Liz Truss wax replica to Parliament. Genius.’

Another, sharing a picture of the Simpson’s character Homer Simpson looking blanked face, wrote: ‘Liz Truss shows up to Parliament, doesn’t say a word and looks like this. And then just leaves.’

Others joked about the briefness of appearance, with one sharing a meme of a young child running into a room and back out again, with caption: ‘A summary of Liz Truss’s contributions to proceedings in Parliament.’

Ms Truss, who was unavailable to take the urgent question due to ‘wall-to-wall’ meetings, arrived to listen in on her new Chancellor’s policy-axing speech

The embattled Tory leader missed a grilling by Labour’s frontbench as part of an urgent question this evening – sending former leadership rival Penny Mordaunt in her place. Pictured: Lizz Truss leaves the chamber

The PM walked in moments before the Chancellor started laying out the dramatic U-turns, and sat almost motionless for 30 minutes before scurrying out to shouts of ‘bye!’.

The brief appearance came after ministers were forced to deny that Ms Truss was hiding ‘under a desk’ while Mr Hunt takes charge of the government. She is believed to have missed an urgent question in the House because she was holding urgent talks with 1922 committee Graham Brady.

In his statement, Mr Hunt confirmed an extraordinary dismantling of the disastrous mini-Budget, two weeks ahead of schedule and barely three days after he was parachuted into the job.

Alongside dropping the £32billion of slated tax cuts – including knocking 1p off the basic rate of tax from April – and slashing the energy bills bailout, he cautioned that ‘eye-watering’ spending curbs will be needed to balance the books, potentially as much as £40billion.

In a sign of the radical shift in the centre of gravity within the Conservative Party, Mr Hunt announced that he is creating a new council of economic advisers – including George Osborne’s former chief of staff Rupert Harrison.

He even trashed Ms Truss’s previously firm stance against windfall taxes, saying he was not against imposing levies ‘in principle’ and they were not ‘off the table’.

And he suggested that the triple lock on pensions could be back up for grabs, saying he was not ruling out any changes to make sure the UK can ‘pay its way’.

Ms Truss earlier failed to turn up for an urgent question tabled by Keir Starmer beforehand.

Standing in, Penny Mordaunt claimed she had ‘genuine’ reasons for not attending – although she refused to say what and No10 sources said it was merely due to ‘wall-to-wall meetings’.

As the brutal exchanges continued in the House, more dire polls were emerging. A Redfield & Wilton Strategies survey had Labour 36 points ahead – the biggest advantage for any party since Tony Blair’s 1997 landslide – and Deltapoll had a 32 point gap.

Mr Hunt announced that rather than lasting two years, the energy price cap will be reviewed in April and replaced with ‘targeted’ help for the poorest.

That could mean households facing annual costs in line with the £3,500 Ofgem cap from next spring, instead of the current £2,500 level.

The freeze on alcohol duty and VAT exemptions for tourists were demolished.

Only the stamp duty reductions and cut to national insurance are safe – with the former already in force and legislation for the latter all-but through Parliament.

Of the £45billion of tax cuts boldly announced by Kwasi Kwarteng in the package that sparked market meltdown last month, £32billion has now been reversed. The freezing of tax thresholds combined with inflation rampant will result in Britons paying far more tax than before.

However, the respected IFS said the figures on departmental budgets due to be announced at Halloween are likely to be ‘scary’, with more than half the estimated £72billion hole in the public finances still to be filled. Mr Hunt rolled the pitch for additional pain, warning of ‘more difficult decisions’ to come ‘on both tax and spending’.

Less than a week ago Ms Truss was insisting there would ‘absolutely’ not be any spending cuts.

The Pound spiked over $1.14 after the move emerged, while interest rates on government borrowing fell.

But Ms Truss is facing mounting fury from her own MPs.

Fielding complaints about the PM’s absence during the UQ, Ms Mordaunt insisted she had been detained by ‘urgent business’ and had showed ‘courage’ by reversing her tax-cutting plans ‘in the national interest’.

Ms Truss had earlier tweeted to say the government is ‘charting a new course’ to boost ‘stability’. The Chancellor told a briefing for MPs that she had ‘backed him to the hilt’, arguing that voters will look ‘forward not back’ – a phrase that echoes the Labour election slogan from 2005.

Mr Hunt said: ‘We will reverse almost all the tax measures announced in the growth plan three weeks ago that have not started parliamentary legislation.’

He added: ‘This government will take whatever tough decisions are necessary.’

More MPs have been openly calling for her to go, while others are clearly incensed by the chaos.

Backbencher Ben Bradley tweeted: ‘Right back where we started, just far less popular than before.’

Senior MP Sir Charles Walker insisted there would not be a snap election, because polls suggest that the Tories would end up with fewer seats than the SNP.

A former Cabinet minister told MailOnline: ‘The problem is that her advisers will doubtless be working on a plan to get her out of this, but totally oblivious to the fact that it is all over.

‘I think it will be Brady, putting pressure on her that the rules will be changed unless she goes.

‘The Cabinet is full of her mates and supporters who are too weak to tell her to go.’

Another Tory veteran aide said: ‘It could only get worse for her if she cries in public. And we may yet get there.’

Despite jettisoning her closest ally along with her £18billion commitment to lower corporation on Friday, and now the rest of her mini-Budget, Ms Truss still looks in deep trouble.

In a Covid-style statement to camera against a backdrop of the Union Jack, Jeremy Hunt said he was propping up ‘confidence’ with an extraordinary overhaul of the disastrous mini-Budget two weeks ahead of schedule

She held a Cabinet call this morning to lay out the scale of the policies she was ditching.

Work and Pensions Secretary Chloe Smith was slated to do broadcast interviews this morning, but no Cabinet minister came out to shore up her position.

Mr Hunt is being openly described as the ‘de facto PM’ while around 100 MPs are said to have written to 1922 chief Graham Brady – who returns from holiday today – urging him to change party rules so the premier can be ousted.

Mr Hunt, who yesterday insisted the PM was still ‘in charge’ despite forcing her to scrap her tax-cutting agenda, will be hoping markets can settle down and stop hiking interest on government debt.

Ms Truss had already abandoned her vow to abolish the top rate of tax and curbs to corporation tax, meaning almost nothing is left standing from her original package.

The Pound has risen sharply against the dollar and the euro this morning, while the interests rates on gilts – bonds the government issues to borrow money – fell.