Truss Urges Conservatives to Build Political ‘Infrastructure’ to Stay Relevant

BRISBANE, Australia—Former UK Prime Minister Liz Truss says conservatives and right-leaning groups need to build their own “political infrastructure” to counteract the decades-long prevalence of left-wing ideologies in society’s power centres. Truss, who spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Australia on the weekend, said much of society’s political, business, academic, and media class leaned left. “As conservatives, we have to acknowledge we are no longer the establishment. The establishment is now left-wing, and as conservatives, we either have to completely change our spots—and there are some who have done that—or we have to be prepared to take them on,” she told the audience on Oct. 5....