It’s a Tory circular firing squad over the secret Afghan settlement scheme. Truss has published a statement on Twitter:
I am shocked by the secrecy and cover-up over the admission of thousands of Afghans to Britain at the cost of £7bn to the taxpayer. A decision that was in itself wrong.
It is an huge betrayal of public trust.
Those responsible in both Governments and the bureaucracy need to be…
— Liz Truss (@trussliz) July 15, 2025
Scheme defender former defence secretary Ben Wallace challenged some of the facts there:
oh dear Liz. Not quite. You were part of the Cabinet that approved the relocation of the ARAP Afghans and the wider Home Office refugee scheme. The £7bn is the total cost of the total scheme. Not the ones involved in the leak. I’m “shocked” you cant remember your own role…..
— Rt. Hon Ben Wallace (@BenWallace70) July 16, 2025
Suella Braverman has put out a statement detailing that she was not involved. The Tories are shouting at themselves while they are being totally cooked…
UPDATE: A source close to Truss responds to Wallace: “Wallace is trying to defend the indefensible. It is outrageous that a super-injunction was sought by Sunak’s Government to effectively lie to the public about what was happening – which all occurred after Liz had left office, without her knowledge. She would never have supported such a cover-up.”
Speaking on Times Radio, former Home Secretary David Blunkett spoke about overdiagnosis of mental problems:
“Let’s distinguish those who are really severely mentally ill, diagnosed with things that require prolonged medical and diagnostic treatment. My wife and I talk about this a lot, because she’s a retired GP, about the fact that you can be sad without being ill. You can be momentarily depressed because your boyfriend or girlfriend’s just thrown you and you’re not mentally ill. You can even have mild issues, which can be dealt with with the right kind of support, but it doesn’t make you mentally ill. So we’ve got a real task, I think, to get the psychology, if you like, of this over. But there are things where you definitely need medical intervention, and there are other things where you need good friends, you need good connectivity, and you need a job.”