Liz Truss’s time is up

[rubbershoes]

come on tory mp's get those letters sent to the 1893 bloke (or whatever he's called) pronto Liz is bouncing back

For a second I couldn't think who the current tory leader was..Partly my senility and partly him being so pointless

 

[Artaxerxes]

God she's so fucking obliviously insane

 

[Sue]

For a second I couldn't think who the current tory leader was..Partly my senility and partly him being so pointless

I'm like that with the Lib Dems. And the leaders of the Scottish opposition branch offices parties. Lost track of them quite some time ago.

 

[Tanya1982]

Here's the interview - no paywall ATM -

Liz Truss exclusive: ‘I assumed upon entering Downing Street my mandate would be respected. How wrong I was’

In her first intervention since she quit, former PM writes for The Telegraph about how she was brought down - and the lessons she learnt

www.telegraph.co.uk

Paywall bypass

Liz Truss exclusive: ‘I assumed upon entering Downing Street my manda…

archived 4 Feb 2023 21:44:56 UTC

archive.ph

Normally I’d be interested to read something that gives an insight into someone significant. With her though, I just don’t have the heart or stomach to take a look.

 

[UrbaneFox]

Prince Andrew, Liz Truss ... which shitty comeback attempt is the Telegraph going to get behind next?

Gary Glitter was released on Friday.

Ah, not a trot, you were here first

 

[Supine]

Our Lizzy should have mentioned growth a lot more last time she entered politics. Saying the word makes it happen.

 

[Cerv]

There’s no question that the experience of last autumn was bruising for me personally, but it taught me a lot and I will expand upon the lessons I have learnt in the coming weeks and months.

Christ does she have to?

 

[Humberto]

Normally I’d be interested to read something that gives an insight into someone significant. With her though, I just don’t have the heart or stomach to take a look.

I expect the walking embarrassment aspect and seeing her doubling down that 'she was right' could be a placeholder effort.

 

[SpookyFrank]

That Liz Truss 'learning' process in full:

 

[Raheem]

That Liz Truss 'learning' process in full:

"I did that on purpose."

 

[two sheds]

"The left wing economic establishment left them there"

 

[WhyLikeThis]

 

[Bingoman]

No it was liz ot was your own stupidity that caused it

 

[ska invita]

God she's so fucking obliviously insane

Her view is not hers alone - its basically the majority one amongst tory party members, and one they will vote in to lead the party again when they're given the chance, presumably in a couple of years when Rishi Sunak has to step down

 

[a_chap]

 

[Cerv]

wait what's that about the end of return train tickets?

 

[AmateurAgitator]

wait what's that about the end of return train tickets?

I had the same thought

 

[Cerv]

Her view is not hers alone - its basically the majority one amongst tory party members, and one they will vote in to lead the party again when they're given the chance, presumably in a couple of years when Rishi Sunak has to step down

it's that. the way in the article she bangs on about her "mandate" and complains that the reality did not bend to that.
as if the market should price government bonds on her diktat instead of every participant making their own judgement of their worth and bidding/offering on that. a radical position for the conservative party to take.

 

[a_chap]

wait what's that about the end of return train tickets?

Here's that article in full:

 

[Cerv]

I had the same thought

Transport Secretary to scrap return rail tickets

Major reform set as Mark Harper also commits to Boris Johnson's Great British Railways, a new public body

www.telegraph.co.uk

Welcome to nginx!

well, this is going to need an expensive public info campaign. but not Truss' fault so probably not the place to discuss it

 

[Gromit]

No it was liz ot was your own stupidity that caused it

Me doing a liz truss…

I wanted to fly like superman but the torries didn’t give me the chance. No mate that would be the laws of gravity.

 

[a_chap]

 

[kabbes]

But… but… she knew better than everybody else! So it’s everybody else’s fault for being wrong!

 

[not-bono-ever]

I took the plunge and read it. She’s no James Ellroy, that’s for sure. It’s also shit

 

[steveo87]

"...Needless to say, I had the last laugh."

 

[not-bono-ever]

She’s living in fantasy land. She will go Bobby Ewing soon and realise it all been a dream

 

[spitfire]

I didn’t know Joe Biden could fly.

 

[Zapp Brannigan]

I'd welcome Liz Truss' return to front line politics for the Tories. She's the punchline to a joke which would be hilarious if it hadn't impacted negatively so many lives in a laughably short stretch of time.

Take Ed Miliband as an example (n.b. please don'ttake this as any kind of support from me, I'm talking from a generic "person on the street" point of view). He ate his bacon sandwich badly, became a running joke, lost an election, got cast aside. Since then he's been in full image rehabilitation mode - been funny on twitter, done a few radio 2 slots, given a few speeches in parliament that have attracted YouTube views by the bucketload. He's returned to being a senior Labour talking head, yet he can't really harbour any ambitions of a return to the higher offices because he's such an easy target - after all, look at him; can't even eat a bacon sandwich properly.

Liz Truss didn't eat a bacon sandwich badly. Her and her chancellor personally put 400 quid on your monthly mortgage. Her supporters can rally around all they want, steer the Tory party in the 'low tax, growth growth growth' direction, rally around her tweets and her Torygraph puff pieces; when push comes to shove the court of public opinion will still have her as that arrogant, thick as mince pub quiz answer who stuck 400 quid on your mortgage. So stick her as a returning figurehead for the Tories, it'll be funny watching them eat themselves alive.

 

[teqniq]

I wonder how many people actually believe this bullshit?

 

[Indeliblelink]

"...Needless to say, I had the last laugh."

Yes, my mind automatically read it in Alan Partidge's voice too.

What's going on here BTW?