Liz Truss breaks silence after bruising election loss but cuts BBC interview short

Liz Truss decided to walk away from a BBC reporter mid-interview after losing her seat in Norfolk.

The former PM has been ousted from her South West Norfolk constituency after taking ages to arrive on stage at her election count - much to the annoyance of her rival candidates.

Mr Truss, who is Britain's shortest-serving leader of all time, was defending a Tory majority of more than 26,000 votes in the rural seat in the east of England.

Minutes after the results declaration, she was speaking to a BBC reporter about her disappointment, but only for a few seconds before she walked away just moments into the chat.

The announcement of the results was paused as officials tried to find the former MP, who lost out to Labour's Terry Jermy.

Candidates stood on the stage ready and waiting for the results to be read, but Ms Truss was nowhere to be found.

When she eventually arrived, those in the hall discovered that she had received 11,217 votes, while Mr Jermy got 11,847.

Independent James Bagge received 6,282 votes and Reform UK's Toby McKenzie got 9,958.