Equalities minister Liz Truss. (David Cliff/NurPhoto/Getty) Equalities minister Liz Truss gave a speech so “bonkers” that parts of it have been redacted from the government website amid concerns over its content. At a think tank on Thursday (17 December), Truss declared she wants to pivot away from “fashionable” issues of race, sexuality and gender as she sets out a “new approach to equality in this country”. Describing what she sees as the “failed ideas of the Left,” Truss said the focus on protected groups has led to a “narrowing” of the equality debate which overlooks issues affecting the white working classes.