Former Leeds resident and MP Liz Truss came under fire yesterday after the second Tory leadership debate. During the debate, Liz made claims that she grew up in a "red wall" seat and says that she became a Conservative after being let down when she was at school in Leeds.
During the leadership debate on Sunday , the Foreign Secretary said to opposing leadership candidate, Rishi Sunak: "The reason I am a Conservative is that I saw kids at my school being let down in Leeds - perhaps not getting the opportunities you had at your school, Rishi.”Labour councillor Jonathan Pryor took to Twitter to slam the MP, saying it was the Tories in charge when she was at school.
Truss attended the school during the 1990s, at the time she attended, the school was rated "satisfactory" by Ofsted but has since become an "outstanding". A former alumni of Roundhay, who grew up in the same area and attended the same school as Truss recently shared his opinion on her claims. Martin Pengelly wrote in a Guardian op-ed saying her claims that the area is a "red wall" are "flatly untrue".
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