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My affair with Truss ruined my marriage, admits ex-MP

March 17, 2025

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The Independent

A former Conservative MP has detailed his love affair with the UK's shortest-serving prime minister Liz Truss - claiming it led to the breakdown of his marriage.

- JABED AHMED

My affair with Truss ruined my marriage, admits ex-MP

Mark Field, MP for Cities of London and Westminster from 2001 to 2019, revealed the "first serious signs of cracks" in his marriage began “just as Elizabeth Truss entered his life”.

In his new book serialised in The Mail on Sunday, Mr Field said he met the 49-day prime minister at the Conservative Party Conference in October 2002 in the “romantic dimmed lights” of the Highcliff Hotel in Bournemouth. She was married to Hugh O’Leary at the time.

He claims the pair had a brief conversation, he wished her luck in her search for a parliamentary seat and casually said: “Please get in touch if I can be of any help.” Ms Truss took him up on the offer almost immediately, he wrote, requesting advice on candidate selection.

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