The Reform UK leader has repeatedly heaped praise upon the former Tory PM – whose disastrous mini-budget crashed the economy and sent mortgages spiralling
Nigel Farage would lock Britain into a “Truss-style doom loop”, Labour warned last night.
The Reform UK leader has repeatedly heaped praise upon the former Tory PM – whose disastrous mini-budget crashed the economy and sent mortgages spiralling.
And today Labour’ chair Ellie Reeves accused Reform of plotting £80billion of unfunded spending commitments – and said Mr Farage’s poor judgement was “crystal clear.”
“Praising Liz Truss once could have been a mistake,” she told the Mirror. “But the evidence shows he’s a Trussite and now wants to inflict her economic chaos on Britain once again.”
On the day of Ms Truss’ mini-budget, September 23 2022, Mr Farage declared it “the best Conservative budget since 1986.”
And even a year on – after the full damage caused by the mini-budget was clear, Mr Farage continued to praise its architect.
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“I absolutely, 100% believe in her,” he declared in an article about an event she held at the 2023 Tory conference.
He said there was much to “admire” about Ms Truss not being afraid to “fight for radical change”.
And as recently as May, he failed to include Ms Truss in a list of Tory leaders who “broke Britain” in a Reform party leaflet.
Ms Reeves added: “It turns out the only way Reform want to reform our economy is by locking us into a Truss-style doom loop, with working people picking up the bill.”
10 times Nigel Farage praised Liz Truss
- “Today was the best Conservative budget since 1986” – X, 23 September 2022.
- “This is the Great British growth rally, starring Liz Truss … there is a genuine buzz here … even more importantly, it’s the message. It’s about helping small business, reducing taxes, and actually getting growth … I’ve got to tell you, this is more exciting than anything happening in the conference hall – Youtube, 2 October 2023.
- “I absolutely, 100 per cent believe in her’, said Nigel Farage, speaking about Liz Truss at Tory Party Conference in 2023 – Telegraph, 2 October 2023.
- “In rhetorical terms, I loved it…it was all there…if this was the first, not the thirteenth year of Conservative government, I would have given it three cheers”, Farage wrote about one of Liz Truss’ speeches as Prime Minister – Telegraph, 5 October 2022.
- Mr Farage said, of Truss’s mini-budget, “Kwarteng was right to cut taxes. Of course, he was right. Right to set up investments zones…and yes, taking a risk – increasing borrowing to do it.” – Express, 29 September 2022.
- “Thank goodness Liz Truss now backs onshore gas exploration. She is miles better than Johnson already” – X, 8 April 2022.
- “Interesting Daily Mail campaign on VAT-free shopping for tourists. Kwasi wanted to do that. He and Truss did have some good ideas” – X, 24 April 2023.
- “Farage said there was much to ‘admire’ about how Truss was not afraid to ‘fight for radical change’ … I think this woman has shown – in some areas – she is prepared to show up, take the abuse and fight for radical change and that I do admire.” – HuffPost, 2 October 2023.
- “Truss may well have been a late convert to all of this but hey that’s what she stood up and said so I welcomed much of the budget.” – YouTube, 8 February 2023.
- Failed to include Liz Truss in a list of Tory leaders who “broke Britain’, suggesting he backs her disastrous policy platform – HuffPost, 13 May 2025.