Robert Jenrick Mocks Liz Truss In Brutal Tory Conference Jibe At Former Party Leader

<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/68e4f551140000f4125c70d8.jpeg?cache=oFPryXXFKf&ops=scalefit_630_noupscale" alt="Robert Jenrick and Liz Truss" data-caption="Robert Jenrick and Liz Truss" data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="AP" />Robert Jenrick and Liz Truss</div><div class="content-list-component text"><p><a href="news/robert-jenrick" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Robert Jenrick</a> mocked former prime minister <a href="news/liz-truss" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Liz Truss </a>with a brutal jibe at the <a href="news/conservative-party" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Tory</a> Party conference.</p><p>In his keynote speech at the Tory conference in Manchester, Jenrick joked about her ongoing unpopularity with voters.</p><p>Truss lasted just 49 days in Downing Street after her mini-Budget crashed the economy and sent mortgage rates soaring.</p><p>Jenrick drew a comparison between his party’s former leader and two Tories who were quickly booted out of the Big Brother house.</p><p>He said: ”[Former Conservative MP] Sir Michael Fabricant went on the Big Brother house. He lasted four days.</p><p>“Last week, one of our party’s most energetic campaigners, Emily Hewertson, entered the Big Brother house. She lasted 11 hours. She didn’t even get to spend the night.</p><p>“And now I’ve heard that a third Tory blonde is in negotiations to enter the Big Brother house – Liz Truss. But the negotiations have broken down. She’s asking to be paid by the minute.”</p><p>As the audience laughed at their former leader’s expense, Jenrick said: “Too soon, perhaps. Too soon.”</p><p>His jibe came after he told the conference ea