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Liz Truss: ‘It’s raining men’

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It’s the final day of Tory party conference today, with all eyes on Boris Johnson’s speech at midday. But will all the cabinet be there to watch it, bright-eyed and bushy tailed? Judging from last night’s antics, Mr S suspects that the answer may be: no.

Truss, wearing a striking green number, stood out a mile in a sea of identikit Tory boy blue suits

Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey was seen belting out ‘The Time of My Life’ at the legendary inHouse comms karaoke party while many of her fellow ministers attended The Spectator’s own champagne-fuelled shindig. But while Tom Tugendhat and Michael Gove twirled and spun together at Tory karaoke, it was the LGBT+ Tories closing party which raised the most eyebrows as a cabinet heavyweight worked her magic in one of Manchester’s leading gay clubs.

The star of the night was unquestionably the Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, attending in her capacity as Equalities Minister.

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