[Tubby Isaacs]

Fucking hell. This is the most obvious anti-Semitic fake quote I've seen. So it goes straight in to Truss's book.

[The Weeping Angel]

Of course the Telelgraph have given her book a positive review.

[Abernathy]

The Amazon reviews are in. Here's the best so far :

Truss's book is like toilet roll - rough, thin, and utterly disposable. It's the literary equivalent of trying to wipe with sandpaper; it's abrasive, uncomfortable, and leaves you wondering why you even bothered in the first place. Save yourself the agony and invest in something more substantial, like actual toilet paper. On a positive note, Truss's book breaks all scientific records on just how far someone can put their head up their own backside. It's a feat so impressive, it deserves a standing ovation from contortionists everywhere. If only the content was as flexible as the author's apparent spinal elasticity!

[mattomac]

I might get it out of a Library, I’ll take two porn mags so I can cover up the Embarrassment

[Andy McDandy]

I doubt any public library would waste money on this. Cost vs interest and likely amount of loans would not justify purchase.

[Youngian]

I'm interested to know how Truss squares her support for Trump with saving western liberal democracy but not enough to be bothered to read it.
Her scapegoating sounds like one of Corbyn's more unsavoury colleagues concocting a Bennite conspiracy that malevolent civil servants and other establishment forces thwarted her marvellous economic policies. With some antisemitic tropes about Jew bankers thrown in. A neoliberal Pete Wilman.
Johnson also hasn't read it

Review
“Liz Truss is right about one big thing – the old establishment economic models are failing. That's bad news for the entire Western world. And she is right that the last thing any of us now needs is more socialism, more taxes and more regulation. We need to reject that tiresome refrain of the global left and instead pursue an agenda that unleashes enterprise and boosts economic growth. I commend this invigorating tract!”
--Boris Johnson, UK Prime Minister 2019–2022

[Crabcakes]

Of course the Telelgraph have given her book a positive review.

They’d have given it a positive review if it was just 100 blank pages. Which funnily enough would have been a better book in this case.

[Youngian]

A review of Truss’s book is greatly enhanced by guest Jan Ravens treating us to an impeccably hilarious Liz Truss impersonation.
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o ... 0652859240

[Tubby Isaacs]

This is what they voted for in Stoke.

[Bones McCoy]

This is what they voted for in Stoke.

Yeah, but can she deliver on a windy night in Singapore?

[Crabcakes]

Not a review of her book, but a review of Truss herself, and the few useful lessons we can learn from her awfulness.

Also notable for the glorious description that she is “… like a crude impersonation of a bad politician by a terrible actor. The layers of her inadequacy were endless. You would peel one away - principles, say, or policy - and then find another lying underneath: a Russian doll made of shite.”

https://iandunt.substack.com/p/the-brok ... -liz-truss

[Malcolm Armsteen]

A Decade of Delusion: Liz Truss's Self-Serving Rewrite of History

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 April 2024
Liz Truss offers what can be best described as a polemical attempt to rewrite her tumultuous tenure as UK Prime Minister. The book presents itself as a visionary blueprint for Western renewal, yet it reads more like a badly written, self-serving reimagining of recent history.
Truss's narrative is generously sprinkled with ideological assertions, aimed at casting her brief (and widely criticised) premiership in a martyr-like glow. For those who endured the real-time consequences of her economic policies - soaring mortgage rates, a destabilised pension system, and heightened insecurity - the book may feel more like a slap in the face.
It appears that the author is attempting to position herself as a global neo-conservative icon, echoing the ambitions of figures like Nigel Farage, yet without the charisma or the grassroots appeal. Her message seems tailored more to the audiences of certain American news outlets than to those who lived under her governance.
Truss's book does little to address the crux of her policy failures, instead opting to distribute blame elsewhere. It's an exercise in deflection rather than reflection, seemingly aimed at securing a favourable legacy rather than providing any meaningful introspection or acknowledging fault.
In summary, Ten Years to Save the West is less a beacon of conservative thought leadership and more a testament to the personal ambitions of Liz Truss. It serves as a reminder of how political careers, much like poorly written memoirs, can be swiftly consigned to the bargain bin of history.

1.0 out of 5 stars

[kreuzberger]

Her interview with the tame Iain Dale is - well, I dunno - erm...a mutual car crash.

https://www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/episodes/7DriLRw/

The two confirmed facts are that a; he is a client journalist of the most simpering stripe and b; she is not very good at speaking in third-rate memes.

They deserve each other.

[davidjay]

In the light of recent events can we, as in the case of Johnson, remove the question mark from the title?

[slilley]

Her book is reviewed in The Times Saturday Review section today. fair to say the reviewer does not think much of it.

Simon

[Watchman]

I might get it out of a Library, I’ll take two porn mags so I can cover up the Embarrassment

That’s my tactic if our elderly neighbours ask me to pick them up a Mail

[satnav]

More guff from the Mail.

Liz Truss is right - the Tory party's MP selection process has been so taken over by wokery that even a raging communist could be picked as a candidate, whistleblower tells ANNA MIKHAILOVA and GLEN OWEN

Mot of the people who seemed to have been blocked from standing are party members who have spent the last 16 months slagging off the party leader or who have tried to establish a party within a party. I'm pretty sure this kind of behaviour would damage your chances of becoming a parliamentary candidate in all the major parties.

[Tubby Isaacs]

I might get it out of a Library, I’ll take two porn mags so I can cover up the Embarrassment

That’s my tactic if our elderly neighbours ask me to pick them up a Mail

That was a Not The Nine O'clock News sketch. except with the Daily Star.

[mattomac]

Her interview with the tame Iain Dale is - well, I dunno - erm...a mutual car crash.

https://www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/episodes/7DriLRw/

The two confirmed facts are that a; he is a client journalist of the most simpering stripe and b; she is not very good at speaking in third-rate memes.

They deserve each other.

Well he is former managing director of biteback and most of his books get published there. They also published Truss memoirs and that trash about Rayner.