Page 2 - John Truss News Today

Hugh OLeary was at the announcement in Westminster today, the first high-profile joint appearance by a hitherto private couple.

Liz Truss will soon be sworn in as the 56th prime minister of the United Kingdom. But her early days on the path to Number 10 were far from Conservative.

Liz Truss, 47, met Hugh OLeary, 48, at the Tory Party Conference in 1997 and said of their first date: I invited him ice skating and he sprained his ankle.

John Truss, an emeritus professor of pure mathematics, was said to be sometimes furious and could barely bring himself to speak about her being a Conservative candidate.

South West Norfolk MP Liz Truss is the frontrunner to be Britain's next prime minister.