Treasury secretary Liz Truss becomes latest minister to refer to themselves in ...

‘The Truss’: Treasury secretary Liz Truss follows Home Secretary ‘the Sajid’ in amusing colleagues by referring to herself in the third person The Chief Secretary to the Treasury said to use the nickname with colleagues Came after Sajid Javid was said to call himself 'the Sajid' in January  Both are among a host of top Tories vying to replace Theresa May 

By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent For Mailonline

Published: 08:43 GMT, 4 March 2019 | Updated: 09:09 GMT, 4 March 2019

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She is one of a number of senior Tory MPs with an eye on the prize of becoming prime minister after Theresa May leaves office.

And now Liz Truss has become the latest top Tory to be accused of giving herself a nickname as the rivalry for UK politics’ top job intensifies.

The Chief Secretary to the Treasury has been accused of referring to herself in the third person as ‘the Truss’ while speaking to colleagues, according to the Times.

It came after rivals of Home Secretary Sajid Javid, a leading contender to be the next prime minister, claimed in January that he referred to himself as ‘the Sajid’. 

Liz Truss has been accused of calling herself 'the Truss' in conversations with colleagues. She is seen as one of a number of top Tories readying themselves to replace Theresa May

Liz Truss has been accused of calling herself 'the Truss' in conversations with colleagues. She is seen as one of

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