David Cameron’s declaration that ministers will be able to campaign on the opposite side from him come the EU referendum has prompted much speculation about who will take advantage of this freedom. One of those regarded as being undecided on this matter was the Environment Secretary Liz Truss. She is ideologically close to the Out camp, she founded the Free Enterprise Group of Tory MPs which is now headed by James Cleverly – an Outer – and worked closely with Vote Leave’s Dominic Cummings when she was an Education Minister, but she is also a Cameron loyalist.
Her speech this morning to the Oxford Farming Conference suggests that Truss is strongly leaning towards backing Cameron come the referendum. She said:
‘I fully support the Prime Minister’s renegotiation of our relationship with the EU. I have seen how hard he is fighting to get a better deal for Britain. Of
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