Andrew Pierce hails ‘Liz the lioness’ following new poll results

Political hack Andrew Pierce made an interesting omission after hailing Liz Truss a “lioness” on the back of new poll results.

The Daily Mail correspondent shared a survey by Lord Ashcroft of 10,000 voters, saying it shows Truss to have a “clear advantage” over her leadership rival Rishi Sunak.

But he failed to point out that neither of them would defeat a Labour government.

According to the poll, a Conservative government with Rishi Sunak as PM would return 44 per cent of the vote versus 56 per cent for Labour.

With Truss, the results are only marginally better, with just 45 per cent saying they would support her in a general election.

Why the omission then, Andrew?

Jack Peat

Jack is a business and economics journalist and the founder of The London Economic (TLE). He has contributed articles to VICE, Huffington Post and Independent and is a published author. Jack read History at the University of Wales, Bangor and has a Masters in Journalism from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.