Peter Hitchens writes that former UK Prime Minister Liz Truss is attempting to reinvent her public image as a champion of free speech. In the column excerpt provided, Hitchens frames Truss’s new messaging as a contradiction and questions the sincerity of the shift. The article portrays Truss—previously identified as “our one-time Premier”—as moving toward an elevated, international position on speech freedoms, which Hitchens describes in strongly negative terms. The excerpt does not provide specific examples of Truss’s policies or speeches, nor does it detail particular incidents linked to “free speech” that support or contradict the characterization. Instead, the focus is on Hitchens’s assessment of Truss’s broader political branding and how it is presented to the public. Overall, the available content reflects an opinion piece critical of Truss’s stated or implied free-speech stance and its perceived purpose, rather than a factual report with documented claims.