[mattomac]

Yeah, someone at our CLP who worked in Starmer's department elaborated how much of a drag on polling she was, Nigel would be dumb to even go there.

[Youngian]

The political comedy gift that keeps giving

[Rosvanian]

What is it with Truss? Does she actually believe this shit or is it an just act? Or, has she lost her marbles? Or, is she just thick as mince? How it possible for someone who was the leader of the Conservative party and the Prime Minister to not see that she is the very essence of the Establishment in the UK?

[Abernathy]

What is it with Truss? Does she actually believe this shit or is it an just act?

She really believes it.

Or, has she lost her marbles?

. Yes.

Or, is she just thick as mince?

. Yes.

[davidjay]

I don't think she's thick. I do think she's not well.

[Boiler]

No, she's not unwell.

She's a fully paid-up member of the Libertarian Right; no thuggery, just ultra-capitalism - very much in the Ayn Rand mould.

Before I left its toxic domain, I used to post on a car forum (it was fucking useless for technical help, by the way) and once I'd shown myself as vaguely left-wing, the pile-ons began to the extent of "your father would have been ashamed of you" - that sort of stuff. (As an aside, what is it about car forums that attract racist/sexist/homophobic posters?)

I digress; there were several posters there very much of the "no pay, no play" mentality, who felt that their taxes were being wasted on the undeserving - the disabled, the NHS ("I work out and eat healthily, why should I pay for fatties to get help?"), schools ("I don't have kids so why should I pay for them?), libraries ("if I want to read a book, I'll buy it and so should others") - you can draw up your own list.

Of course, we may just be victims of a British TDS - Truss Derangement Syndrome...

[mattomac]

A very shit PM who hasn’t got over how shit she really was.

When she says the Establishment all she is referring to is the Tory Party who had the good grace to bin her.

[satnav]

Liz Truss has just posted a picture on X of her with Donald Trump, plenty of people have pointed out that the Queen quickly popped her clogs soon after meeting Truss. So fingers crossed.

[The Weeping Angel]

She's now gone fully through the looking glass.

[davidjay]

When you bear in mind that the Tories have been in power for 31 of the past 46 years, it doesn't say much for their ability to govern if they still get outdone by the Blob.

[Youngian]

Darn busy the Blob as they were also thwarting soshalism according to Tony Benn's dairies.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Shouldn’t Kemi be on the spot a bit more for this very obvious anti-Semitism? Truss hasn’t been kicked out, as far as I know.

[Youngian]

This follows Liz avoiding an interview at CPAC. Lewis, you've lost the news!

[Bones McCoy]

[mattomac]

Her entire act seems to be down to the fact she couldn't accept she was an utter failure. It wasn't surprising considering the Tory Party had hollowed out. Badenoch isn't much better but anyone can be opposition leader if they aren't noticed for long enough.

Johnson hollowed out the Tory Party and I'm not sure they've seen any return of those types who are eithier politically homeless or have moved to LD, Lab our even Greens not to mention Plaid and SNP.

[Bones McCoy]

My Fanfiction Theory is

Liz Truss is the British Right's Carlton Palmer.


You're selling corporate sports packages to disinterested suits:
Slap up meal, box for a Wembley international and meet and greet with "Former England Star".

You're pushing your weird gathering of the international right.
Food, Lodgings, "Independent" Press, keynote speaker "Former British PM".

[soulboy]

More like Brian Marwood. When he was an analyst on 5Live they would introduce him as "former England international Brian Marwood" off the back of an 82nd minute substitute appearance in a friendly against Saudi Arabia.

[Bones McCoy]

More like Brian Marwood. When he was an analyst on 5Live they would introduce him as "former England international Brian Marwood" off the back of an 82nd minute substitute appearance in a friendly against Saudi Arabia.

I guess Marwood gets it for longevity.

Palmer's in for: everybody in the UK knows - elsewhere he's another 18 cap international.