Wallace and Truss Bicker Over Afghan Settlement Scandal
It’s a Tory circular firing squad over the secret Afghan settlement scheme. Truss has published a statement on Twitter:
I am shocked by the secrecy and cover-up over the admission of thousands of Afghans to Britain at the cost of £7bn to the taxpayer. A decision that was in itself wrong.
It is an huge betrayal of public trust.
Those responsible in both Governments and the bureaucracy need to be…
— Liz Truss (@trussliz) July 15, 2025
Scheme defender former defence secretary Ben Wallace challenged some of the facts there:
oh dear Liz. Not quite. You were part of the Cabinet that approved the relocation of the ARAP Afghans and the wider Home Office refugee scheme. The £7bn is the total cost of the total scheme. Not the ones involved in the leak. I’m “shocked” you cant remember your own role…..
— Rt. Hon Ben Wallace (@BenWallace70) July 16, 2025
Suella Braverman has put out a statement detailing that she was not involved. The Tories are shouting at themselves while they are being totally cooked…
UPDATE: A source close to Truss responds to Wallace: “Wallace is trying to defend the indefensible. It is outrageous that a super-injunction was sought by Sunak’s Government to effectively lie to the public about what was happening – which all occurred after Liz had left office, without her knowledge. She would never have supported such a cover-up.”
